diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
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+++ b/.editorconfig
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+root = true
+
+[*]
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
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+name: check
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Setup latest deno version
+        uses: denolib/setup-deno@v2
+        with:
+          deno-version: v1.x
+
+      - name: Run deno fmt
+        run: deno fmt --check
+
+      - name: Run deno lint
+        run: deno lint --unstable
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
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+name: release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "*.*.*"
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          draft: true
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+# OS files
+.DS_Store
+.cache
+
+# IDE
+.vscode
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2020-present the denosaurs team
+
+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
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
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+# tty
+
+[![Tags](https://img.shields.io/github/release/denosaurs/tty)](https://github.com/denosaurs/tty/releases)
+[![CI Status](https://img.shields.io/github/workflow/status/denosaurs/tty/check)](https://github.com/denosaurs/tty/actions)
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/denosaurs/tty)](https://github.com/denosaurs/tty/blob/master/LICENSE)
+
+```typescript
+import * as tty from "https://deno.land/x/tty/mod.ts";
+
+await tty.hideCursor();
+
+setInterval(() => {
+  tty.clearScreenSync();
+  tty.goHomeSync();
+  console.log("HELLO WORLD");
+}, 200);
+
+await tty.showCursor();
+```
+
+## other
+
+### contribution
+
+Pull request, issues and feedback are very welcome. Code style is formatted with deno fmt and commit messages are done following Conventional Commits spec.
+
+### licence
+
+Copyright 2020-present, the denosaurs team. All rights reserved. MIT license.
diff --git a/deps.ts b/deps.ts
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { encode, decode } from "https://deno.land/std@0.66.0/encoding/utf8.ts";
diff --git a/examples/hello.ts b/examples/hello.ts
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hello.ts
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+import * as tty from "../mod.ts";
+
+await tty.hideCursor();
+
+setInterval(() => {
+  tty.clearScreenSync();
+  tty.goHomeSync();
+  console.log("HELLO WORLD");
+}, 200);
+
+await tty.showCursor();
diff --git a/mod.ts b/mod.ts
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+++ b/mod.ts
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+import { showCursorSync } from "./tty_sync.ts";
+
+const mac =
+  (await Deno.permissions.query({ name: "env" })).state === "granted"
+    ? Deno.env.get("TERM_PROGRAM") === "Apple_Terminal"
+    : false;
+
+export const ESC = "\u001B[";
+
+export const SAVE = mac ? "\u001B7" : ESC + "s";
+export const RESTORE = mac ? "\u001B8" : ESC + "u";
+export const POSITION = "6n";
+export const HIDE = "?25l";
+export const SHOW = "?25h";
+export const SCROLL_UP = "T";
+export const SCROLL_DOWN = "S";
+
+export const UP = "A";
+export const DOWN = "B";
+export const RIGHT = "C";
+export const LEFT = "D";
+
+export const CLEAR_RIGHT = "0K";
+export const CLEAR_LEFT = "1K";
+export const CLEAR_LINE = "2K";
+
+export const CLEAR_DOWN = "0J";
+export const CLEAR_UP = "1J";
+export const CLEAR_SCREEN = "2J";
+export const CLEAR = "\u001Bc";
+
+export const NEXT_LINE = "1E";
+export const PREV_LINE = "1F";
+export const COLUMN = "1G"; // left?
+export const HOME = "H";
+
+export type SyncStream = Deno.WriterSync;
+export type AsyncStream = Deno.Writer;
+
+export * from "./tty_async.ts";
+export * from "./tty_sync.ts";
diff --git a/tty_async.ts b/tty_async.ts
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tty_async.ts
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+import { encode } from "./deps.ts";
+
+import {
+  AsyncStream,
+  RESTORE,
+  ESC,
+  POSITION,
+  HIDE,
+  SHOW,
+  SCROLL_UP,
+  SCROLL_DOWN,
+  CLEAR_UP,
+  CLEAR_DOWN,
+  CLEAR_LEFT,
+  CLEAR_RIGHT,
+  CLEAR_LINE,
+  CLEAR_SCREEN,
+  NEXT_LINE,
+  PREV_LINE,
+  HOME,
+  UP,
+  DOWN,
+  LEFT,
+  RIGHT,
+} from "./mod.ts";
+
+export async function write(str: string, writer: AsyncStream): Promise<void> {
+  await writer.write(encode(str));
+}
+
+export async function restore(
+  writer: AsyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): Promise<void> {
+  await write(RESTORE, writer);
+}
+
+export async function cursor(
+  action: string,
+  writer: AsyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): Promise<void> {
+  await write(ESC + action, writer);
+}
+
+export async function position(
+  writer: AsyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): Promise<void> {
+  await cursor(POSITION, writer);
+}
+
+export async function hideCursor(
+  writer: AsyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): Promise<void> {
+  await cursor(HIDE, writer);
+}
+
+export async function showCursor(
+  writer: AsyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): Promise<void> {
+  await cursor(SHOW, writer);
+}
+
+export async function scrollUp(
+  writer: AsyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): Promise<void> {
+  await cursor(SCROLL_UP, writer);
+}
+
+export async function scrollDown(
+  writer: AsyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): Promise<void> {
+  await cursor(SCROLL_DOWN, writer);
+}
+
+export async function clearUp(
+  writer: AsyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): Promise<void> {
+  await cursor(CLEAR_UP, writer);
+}
+
+export async function clearDown(
+  writer: AsyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): Promise<void> {
+  await cursor(CLEAR_DOWN, writer);
+}
+
+export async function clearLeft(
+  writer: AsyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): Promise<void> {
+  await cursor(CLEAR_LEFT, writer);
+}
+
+export async function clearRight(
+  writer: AsyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): Promise<void> {
+  await cursor(CLEAR_RIGHT, writer);
+}
+
+export async function clearLine(
+  writer: AsyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): Promise<void> {
+  await cursor(CLEAR_LINE, writer);
+}
+
+export async function clearScreen(
+  writer: AsyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): Promise<void> {
+  await cursor(CLEAR_SCREEN, writer);
+}
+
+export async function nextLine(
+  writer: AsyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): Promise<void> {
+  await cursor(NEXT_LINE, writer);
+}
+
+export async function prevLine(
+  writer: AsyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): Promise<void> {
+  await cursor(PREV_LINE, writer);
+}
+
+export async function goHome(writer: AsyncStream = Deno.stdout): Promise<void> {
+  await cursor(HOME, writer);
+}
+
+export async function goUp(
+  y = 1,
+  writer: AsyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): Promise<void> {
+  await cursor(y + UP, writer);
+}
+
+export async function goDown(
+  y = 1,
+  writer: AsyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): Promise<void> {
+  await cursor(y + DOWN, writer);
+}
+
+export async function goLeft(
+  x = 1,
+  writer: AsyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): Promise<void> {
+  await cursor(x + LEFT, writer);
+}
+
+export async function goRight(
+  x = 1,
+  writer: AsyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): Promise<void> {
+  await cursor(x + RIGHT, writer);
+}
+
+export async function goTo(
+  x: number,
+  y: number,
+  writer: AsyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): Promise<void> {
+  await write(ESC + y + ";" + x + HOME, writer);
+}
diff --git a/tty_sync.ts b/tty_sync.ts
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+++ b/tty_sync.ts
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+import { encode } from "./deps.ts";
+
+import {
+  SyncStream,
+  RESTORE,
+  ESC,
+  POSITION,
+  HIDE,
+  SHOW,
+  SCROLL_UP,
+  SCROLL_DOWN,
+  CLEAR_UP,
+  CLEAR_DOWN,
+  CLEAR_LEFT,
+  CLEAR_RIGHT,
+  CLEAR_LINE,
+  CLEAR_SCREEN,
+  NEXT_LINE,
+  PREV_LINE,
+  HOME,
+  UP,
+  DOWN,
+  LEFT,
+  RIGHT,
+} from "./mod.ts";
+
+export function writeSync(str: string, writer: SyncStream): void {
+  writer.writeSync(encode(str));
+}
+
+export function restoreSync(writer: SyncStream = Deno.stdout): void {
+  writeSync(RESTORE, writer);
+}
+
+export function cursorSync(
+  action: string,
+  writer: SyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): void {
+  writeSync(ESC + action, writer);
+}
+
+export function positionSync(writer: SyncStream = Deno.stdout): void {
+  cursorSync(POSITION, writer);
+}
+
+export function hideCursorSync(writer: SyncStream = Deno.stdout): void {
+  cursorSync(HIDE, writer);
+}
+
+export function showCursorSync(writer: SyncStream = Deno.stdout): void {
+  cursorSync(SHOW, writer);
+}
+
+export function scrollUpSync(writer: SyncStream = Deno.stdout): void {
+  cursorSync(SCROLL_UP, writer);
+}
+
+export function scrollDownSync(writer: SyncStream = Deno.stdout): void {
+  cursorSync(SCROLL_DOWN, writer);
+}
+
+export function clearUpSync(writer: SyncStream = Deno.stdout): void {
+  cursorSync(CLEAR_UP, writer);
+}
+
+export function clearDownSync(writer: SyncStream = Deno.stdout): void {
+  cursorSync(CLEAR_DOWN, writer);
+}
+
+export function clearLeftSync(writer: SyncStream = Deno.stdout): void {
+  cursorSync(CLEAR_LEFT, writer);
+}
+
+export function clearRightSync(writer: SyncStream = Deno.stdout): void {
+  cursorSync(CLEAR_RIGHT, writer);
+}
+
+export function clearLineSync(writer: SyncStream = Deno.stdout): void {
+  cursorSync(CLEAR_LINE, writer);
+}
+
+export function clearScreenSync(writer: SyncStream = Deno.stdout): void {
+  cursorSync(CLEAR_SCREEN, writer);
+}
+
+export function nextLineSync(writer: SyncStream = Deno.stdout): void {
+  cursorSync(NEXT_LINE, writer);
+}
+
+export function prevLineSync(writer: SyncStream = Deno.stdout): void {
+  cursorSync(PREV_LINE, writer);
+}
+
+export function goHomeSync(writer: SyncStream = Deno.stdout): void {
+  cursorSync(HOME, writer);
+}
+
+export function goUpSync(y = 1, writer: SyncStream = Deno.stdout): void {
+  cursorSync(y + UP, writer);
+}
+
+export function goDownSync(y = 1, writer: SyncStream = Deno.stdout): void {
+  cursorSync(y + DOWN, writer);
+}
+
+export function goLeftSync(x = 1, writer: SyncStream = Deno.stdout): void {
+  cursorSync(x + LEFT, writer);
+}
+
+export function goRightSync(x = 1, writer: SyncStream = Deno.stdout): void {
+  cursorSync(`${x}${RIGHT}`, writer);
+}
+
+export function goToSync(
+  x: number,
+  y: number,
+  writer: SyncStream = Deno.stdout
+): void {
+  writeSync(ESC + y + ";" + x + HOME, writer);
+}