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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Before any major/minor/patch bump all unit tests will be run to verify they pass
 
 -   [x]
 
-# [0.5.0] - 2026-02-17
+# [0.5.1] - 2026-02-18
 
 ### Added
 
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Before any major/minor/patch bump all unit tests will be run to verify they pass
 
 - The CLI now supports `--long` and `-short` style flags. Several examples in README.
 - `--help` output has been improved.
+- Colour codes have been removed from CLI output. This makes the responses easier to read.
 
 
 # [0.4.1] - 2026-02-15

cmd/q3rcon/main.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"regexp"
 	"runtime/debug"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ func runCommands(client *q3rcon.Rcon, commands []string) {
 			log.Error(err)
 			continue
 		}
-		fmt.Print(resp)
+		fmt.Print(removeColourCodes(resp))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ func interactiveMode(client *q3rcon.Rcon, input io.Reader) error {
 			log.Error(err)
 			continue
 		}
-		fmt.Printf("%s>> ", resp)
+		fmt.Printf("%s>> ", removeColourCodes(resp))
 	}
 
 	if scanner.Err() != nil {
@@ -214,3 +215,10 @@ func interactiveMode(client *q3rcon.Rcon, input io.Reader) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+var colourCodeRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`\^[0-9]`)
+
+// removeColourCodes removes '\^[0-9]' colour codes from the input string.
+func removeColourCodes(s string) string {
+	return colourCodeRegex.ReplaceAllString(s, "")
+}

go.mod

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ go 1.25.0
 require (
 	github.com/charmbracelet/log v0.4.2
 	github.com/peterbourgon/ff/v4 v4.0.0-beta.1
-	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 )
 
 require (

go.sum

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ github.com/charmbracelet/x/cellbuf v0.0.13-0.20250311204145-2c3ea96c31dd h1:vy0G
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/cellbuf v0.0.13-0.20250311204145-2c3ea96c31dd/go.mod h1:xe0nKWGd3eJgtqZRaN9RjMtK7xUYchjzPr7q6kcvCCs=
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/term v0.2.1 h1:AQeHeLZ1OqSXhrAWpYUtZyX1T3zVxfpZuEQMIQaGIAQ=
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/term v0.2.1/go.mod h1:oQ4enTYFV7QN4m0i9mzHrViD7TQKvNEEkHUMCmsxdUg=
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.6.0 h1:wGYYu3uicYdqXVgoYbvnkrPVXkuLM1p1ifugDMEdRi4=
@@ -34,23 +33,16 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZN
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 h1:WUdvkW8uEhrYfLC4ZzdpI2ztxP1I582+49Oc5Mq64VQ=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7/go.mod h1:FN3SvrM+Zdj16jyLfmOkMNblXMcoc8DfTHruCPUcx88=
-github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 h1:dueUQJ1C2q9oE3F7wvmSGAaVtTmUizReu6fjN8uqzbQ=
-github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3/go.mod h1:naHLuLoDiP4jHNo9R0sCBMtWGeIprob74mVsIT4qYEQ=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e h1:JVG44RsyaB9T2KIHavMF/ppJZNG9ZpyihvCd0w101no=
 github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e/go.mod h1:RbqR21r5mrJuqunuUZ/Dhy/avygyECGrLceyNeo4LiM=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d h1:jtJma62tbqLibJ5sFQz8bKtEM8rJBtfilJ2qTU199MI=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d/go.mod h1:ldy0pHrwJyGW56pPQzzkH36rKxoZW1tw7ZJpeKx+hdo=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.34.0 h1:H5Y5sJ2L2JRdyv7ROF1he/lPdvFsd0mJHFw2ThKHxLA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.34.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=

internal/conn/conn.go

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"time"
 
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/log"
 )
 
 type UDPConn struct {

internal/packet/request.go

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/log"
 )
 
 const bufSz = 512
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ func NewRequest(password string) Request {
 }
 
 func (r Request) Header() []byte {
-	return append(r.magic, []byte("rcon")...)
+	return append(r.magic, "rcon"...)
 }
 
 func (r Request) Encode(cmd string) []byte {
 	r.buf.Reset()
 	r.buf.Write(r.Header())
 	r.buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(" %s %s", r.password, cmd))
-	log.Tracef("Encoded request: %s", r.buf.String())
+	log.Debugf("Encoded request: %s", r.buf.String())
 	return r.buf.Bytes()
 }

internal/packet/response.go

@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ func NewResponse() Response {
 }
 
 func (r Response) Header() []byte {
-	return append(r.magic, []byte("print\n")...)
+	return append(r.magic, "print\n"...)
 }

q3rcon.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/log"
 
 	"github.com/onyx-and-iris/q3rcon/internal/conn"
 	"github.com/onyx-and-iris/q3rcon/internal/packet"