clearscreen
Cross-platform terminal screen clearing
4.0.6
7.8M downloads/mo
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watchexec/clearscreen
What this package is like to depend on
Last release 5 months ago
16 Mar 2026
Ships fairly regularly
a new release about every 6 months
Nearly every release is documented
notes for 19 of 21 stable releases
1 version withdrawn
withdrawn after publishing
5 years old
22 releases · first in 2021
4 releases in the last 12 months
see the full history below
Release timeline
22 releases · Apr 2021 to Mar 2026
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Releases
latest 22-
4.0.616 Mar 2026 -
4.0.522 Feb 2026 -
4.0.422 Feb 2026 -
4.0.320 Jan 2026 -
4.0.225 Jun 2025 -
4.0.105 Jan 2025 -
4.0.001 Jan 2025Release notes
Open source →- Deps: Update which to 7.0.0 (#25) - (207b3a4)
- Deps: Add lockfile to git - (64180fe)
- Deps: Upgrade thiserror to 2.0.9 - (2b4b16f)
- Deps: Upgrade nix to 0.29.0 - (556fd47)
- Documentation: Update wezterm information - (dd1430a)
- Feature: Support wezterm (#23) - (4225aae)
- Feature: Decouple public API from dependencies - (165fe96)
- Repo: Replace custom script with cargo-release - (8835973)
- Repo: Use cliff for changelog - (0d4fe66)
Release notes
Open source →- Deps: Update which to 7.0.0 (#25) - (207b3a4)
- Deps: Add lockfile to git - (64180fe)
- Deps: Upgrade thiserror to 2.0.9 - (2b4b16f)
- Deps: Upgrade nix to 0.29.0 - (556fd47)
- Documentation: Update wezterm information - (dd1430a)
- Feature: Support wezterm (#23) - (4225aae)
- Feature: Decouple public API from dependencies - (165fe96)
- Repo: Replace custom script with cargo-release - (8835973)
- Repo: Use cliff for changelog - (0d4fe66)
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3.0.011 Apr 2024Release notes
Open source →- Update to nix 0.28. (#21, thanks @charliermarsh)
- Update to which 6. (#19)
- Update MSRV to 1.72.
Release notes
Open source →- Update to nix 0.28. (#21, thanks @charliermarsh)
- Update to which 6. (#19)
- Update MSRV to 1.72.
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2.0.104 Apr 2023Nothing published for this version
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2.0.028 Dec 2022 -
1.0.1128 Dec 2022Nothing published for this version
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1.0.1031 May 2022 -
1.0.902 Dec 2021Release notes
Open source →- Change CI test to test Windows 10 detection with a manifested test executable.
- Clarify in documentation the expected behaviour of
is_windows_10()and what is or not a bug.
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1.0.802 Dec 2021 withdrawnRelease notes
Open source →- Stop checking powershell's
PackageManagementcapability as a Win10 check (#5).
- Stop checking powershell's
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1.0.725 Aug 2021 -
1.0.622 Jul 2021 -
1.0.522 Jul 2021 -
1.0.422 May 2021 -
1.0.308 May 2021Release notes
Open source →- Drop unused
logdependency. - Generalise iTerm workaround from 1.0.1 to default behaviour on macOS when the
TERMstarts withxtermand the terminfo does not haveE3. - Hide
WindowsConsoleClearandWindowsConsoleBlankunder an undocumented feature as they are buggy/do not work as per my testing on Win10.WindowsVtClearandClsare sufficient for clear.
- Drop unused
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1.0.228 Apr 2021Release notes
Open source →- Use
VtRisfor Kitty when using its own terminfo. - Use
VtRisfor SyncTERM, Tess, any rxvt, Zellij, and Zutty. - Use
XtermClearfor these when using their own terminfo:- GNOME Terminal,
- Konsole,
- screen,
- Termite,
- XFCE4 Terminal.
- Use
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1.0.126 Apr 2021Release notes
Open source →- Use
XtermClearon iTerm on macOS whenTERMstarts withxterm, to work around macOS not having the correct terminfo by default.
- Use
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1.0.025 Apr 2021