NativeScript · NathanWalker · Mar 5, 2025 · Mar 5, 2025
diff --git a/lib/color.ts b/lib/color.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 // using chalk as some of our other dependencies are already using it...
 // exporting from here so we can easily refactor to a different color library if needed
 import * as ansi from "ansi-colors";
-import { ColorName, Chalk } from "chalk";
+import * as chalk from "chalk";

-export type Color = ColorName;
+export type Color = typeof chalk.Color;

 export function stripColors(formatStr: string) {
 	return ansi.stripColor(formatStr);
 }

-export const color = new Chalk();
+export const color = chalk;
diff --git a/lib/common/file-system.ts b/lib/common/file-system.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import * as shelljs from "shelljs";
 import { parseJson } from "./helpers";
 import { PACKAGE_JSON_FILE_NAME } from "../constants";
 import { EOL } from "os";
-import { detectNewline } from "detect-newline";
+import * as detectNewline from "detect-newline";
 import { IFileSystem, IReadFileOptions, IFsStats } from "./declarations";
 import { IInjector } from "./definitions/yok";
 import { create as createArchiver } from "archiver";

diff --git a/lib/common/opener.ts b/lib/common/opener.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import open from "open";
+import * as xopen from "open";
 import { IOpener } from "../declarations";
 import { injector } from "./yok";

 export class Opener implements IOpener {
 	public open(target: string, appname?: string): any {
-		return open(target, {
+		return xopen(target, {
 			app: {
 				name: appname,
 			},

diff --git a/lib/common/verify-node-version.ts b/lib/common/verify-node-version.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // This function must be separate to avoid dependencies on C++ modules - it must execute precisely when other functions cannot

+import { color } from "../color";
 import { ISystemWarning } from "./declarations";

 // Use only ES5 code here - pure JavaScript can be executed with any Node.js version (even 0.10, 0.12).
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ var util = require("util");
 // These versions cannot be used with CLI due to bugs in the node itself.
 // We are absolutely sure we cannot work with them, so inform the user if he is trying to use any of them and exit the process.
 var versionsCausingFailure = ["0.10.34", "4.0.0", "4.2.0", "5.0.0"];
-var minimumRequiredVersion = "22.12.0";
+var minimumRequiredVersion = "8.0.0";

 interface INodeVersionOpts {
 	supportedVersionsRange: string;
@@ -45,13 +46,15 @@ export function verifyNodeVersion(): void {
 		semver.lt(nodeVer, minimumRequiredVersion)
 	) {
 		console.error(
-			util.format(
-				"%sNode.js '%s' is not supported. To be able to work with %s CLI, install any Node.js version in the following range: %s.%s",
-				os.EOL,
-				nodeVer,
-				cliName,
-				supportedVersionsRange,
-				os.EOL,
+			color.red.bold(
+				util.format(
+					"%sNode.js '%s' is not supported. To be able to work with %s CLI, install any Node.js version in the following range: %s.%s",
+					os.EOL,
+					nodeVer,
+					cliName,
+					supportedVersionsRange,
+					os.EOL,
+				),
 			),
 		);
 		process.exit(1);

diff --git a/lib/services/assets-generation/assets-generation-service.ts b/lib/services/assets-generation/assets-generation-service.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Jimp, cssColorToHex, rgbaToInt, JimpInstance } from "jimp";
-import Color from "color";
+import * as Color from "color";
 import { exported } from "../../common/decorators";
 import { AssetConstants } from "../../constants";
 import {

diff --git a/lib/services/terminal-spinner-service.ts b/lib/services/terminal-spinner-service.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import ora from "ora";
+import * as ora from "ora";
 import { injector } from "../common/yok";
 import {
 	ITerminalSpinner,