A lightweight command-line Bitcoin price chart with real-time updates. This tool displays Bitcoin price data in your terminal as an ASCII chart with automatic refresh functionality.
- Real-time Bitcoin price monitoring in USD
- ASCII chart visualization directly in your terminal
- Automatic data refresh every 5 seconds
- Daily price history visualization
- Clean console output
- Error handling for API failures
To install dependencies:
bun installTo run the application:
bun run index.tsThe application will start and display a Bitcoin price chart in your terminal, automatically refreshing every 5 seconds.
104784.89 ┤ ╭─╮╭───────
103104.89 ┤ ╭─╯ ╰╯
101424.89 ┤ │
99744.88 ┤ │
98064.88 ┼──╮ ╭──╮╭─╮ ╭─╮ ╭─╯
96384.88 ┤ ╰──╯ ╰╯ ╰─╮ ╭╮ │ ╰──╯
94704.88 ┤ │ ╭──╯╰────╯
93024.88 ┤ ╰╮ │
91344.87 ┤ │ ╭╮╭─╮ │
89664.87 ┤ │ │││ │ │
87984.87 ┤ ╰╮ │││ ╰──╮ ╭─────╮ ╭╯
86304.87 ┤ │ ╭╯││ │ │ │ ╭╮ ╭╮ ╭─╯
84624.87 ┤ ╰─╮ │ ╰╯ │ ╭────╯ │╭──╮╭─╮ │╰─╯╰──╯
82944.86 ┤ ╰─╯ │ │ ╰╯ ╰╯ │ ╭──╯
81264.86 ┤ │ ╭─────╯ │ │
79584.86 ┤ ╰──╯ ╰──╯
₿ = $103780.78
You can modify the following parameters in index.ts:
refreshInterval: Adjust the refresh rate (in milliseconds)index: Change which OHLCV data point to plot (4 = close price, 1 = open, 2 = high, 3 = low)- Chart parameters like
heightandpaddingin the plot function
- ccxt: Cryptocurrency trading API
- asciichart: Terminal ASCII line charts
- Bun: JavaScript runtime and package manager
This application fetches Bitcoin price data from the OKCoin exchange using the CCXT library and renders it as an ASCII chart. The data automatically refreshes at regular intervals to provide near real-time monitoring.
This project is open source and available under the MIT License.