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flight-tracker
A flight tracker in your command line
Description
flight-tracker is a command-line tool that displays animated flight paths between locations directly in your terminal. It visualizes the route of a flight with customizable display options including decimal precision, update intervals, and stream width. It can be used both as a CLI tool and as a Node.js library.
Install
npm
npm install -g flight-trackeryarn
yarn global add flight-trackerAI Summary
Command-line flight tracker that animates flight paths between locations in the terminal.
Capabilities
- + Animate flight paths between two locations in the terminal
- + Customizable decimal precision for coordinates
- + Adjustable update intervals for the animation
- + Configurable stream width display
- + Available as both CLI tool and Node.js library
Use When
- → When you want to visualize a flight route in the terminal
- → When building Node.js applications that need flight path visualization
Avoid When
- x When you need real-time flight tracking data
- x When you need actual airline schedule information
- x When you need ADS-B or radar-based aircraft tracking
Usage Patterns
Track a flight between two cities
flight-tracker --from 'New York' --to 'London'Animates a flight path from New York to London in the terminal