# ellipsize

> Ellipsizes a string at the nearest whitespace character near the end of allowed length

Latest version **0.7.0** (published 2025-10-03) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install ellipsize
pnpm add ellipsize
yarn add ellipsize
bun add ellipsize
```

## Health

**Score 60/100 (C)** — status: stable.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; high quality score.

Warnings: low downloads; pre 1.0.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.0 |
| Published | 2025-10-03 |
| First published | 2014-03-07 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Node | ^20.19.0 \|\| >= 22.12.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Unpacked size | 8.6 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 45 |
| Author | Matthijs van Henten |
| Maintainers | mvhenten |
| Keywords | ellipsize, ellipsis, truncate, shorten, string |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/ellipsize
- Repository: https://github.com/mvhenten/ellipsize
- Issues: https://github.com/mvhenten/ellipsize/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/ellipsize

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## Recent versions

- 0.7.0 (latest) — 2025-10-03
- 0.6.2 — 2025-08-26
- 0.6.1 — 2025-07-23
- 0.6.0 — 2025-07-23
- 0.5.1 — 2022-02-01
- 0.5.0 — 2022-01-23
- 0.4.0 — 2022-01-23
- 0.3.0 — 2022-01-23
- 0.2.0 — 2021-08-03
- 0.1.0 — 2018-04-24
- 0.0.3 — 2017-04-21
- 0.0.2 — 2014-08-17
- 0.0.1 — 2014-03-07

## README

# ellipsize

[![Node.js CI](https://github.com/mvhenten/ellipsize/actions/workflows/node.js.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/mvhenten/ellipsize/actions/workflows/node.js.yml)

Ellipsizes a string near a word boundary.

An ellipsized text looks much better if the ellipsize was added at the end of the
last full word instead of somewhere in the middle - especially if there are very
few characters remaining.

## Examples

```javascript
import ellipsize from "ellipsize";

ellipsize("");
// ''
ellipsize(undefined);
// ''
ellipsize("one two three four", 8);
// 'one two…'
ellipsize("one two-three four", 8);
// 'one two…'
ellipsize("one two three four", 100);
// 'one two three four'
ellipsize("12345678910");
// '1234567…'
ellipsize("abc", 0);
// ''
```

You may provide an alternative ellipse character, or "break points" like so:

```javascript
import ellipsize from "ellipsize";

ellipsize("one two&three four", 8, { chars: [" ", "&"], ellipse: "→" });
// 'one two→'
```

Also you may provide a setting to `truncate` words:

```javascript
import ellipsize from "ellipsize";

// only ellipsize if word boundarys found
ellipsize("123456789ABCDEF", 8, { truncate: false });
// ''

// ellipsize in the middle
ellipsize("1234…CDEF", 9, { truncate: "middle" });
// '1234…CDEF'

// its default settings
ellipsize("123456789ABCDEF", 8, { truncate: true });
// '1234567…'
```

## BREAKIN CHANGE

As from v7 and up, this package ships as a native ESM module. If you need to use an older node, stick to v6.2.

## Copyright

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 Matthijs van Henten

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE

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