anyamount API reference

anyamount is a tiny number formatter built entirely on the native Intl.NumberFormat browser API. One function, one options object, three modes. This is a 0.x trial release — the API may still move before 1.0.

The browser already knows how to format numbers, money, and units in 200+ languages. anyamount just makes that API pleasant to use.

import { anyamount } from 'anyamount'

anyamount(1234567)
// "1.2M"  — smart mode (default)

anyamount(1999, { mode: 'currency', currency: 'EUR' })
// "€1,999.00"

anyamount(3.2, { mode: 'unit', unit: 'gigabyte' })
// "3.2 GB"

npm install anyamount
# or
pnpm add anyamount
# or
yarn add anyamount

The single entry point. Pass a number, optionally pass options.

anyamount(value)
anyamount(value, options?)

anyamount(1234567)
// runtime locale, smart mode

anyamount(9999, { locale: 'en' })
// "9,999"  — below the compact cutoff

anyamount(1234567, { locale: 'en', style: 'long' })
// "1.2 million"

anyamount(1999.99, { mode: 'currency', currency: 'EUR', locale: 'en', digits: 0 })
// "€2,000"

Same arguments as anyamount(), but returns the Intl.NumberFormat.formatToParts output unchanged — style the number apart from the currency symbol or unit, or rebuild the output your own way.

import { anyamountParts } from 'anyamount'

anyamountParts(1999, { mode: 'currency', currency: 'EUR', locale: 'en' })
// [
//   { type: 'currency', value: '€' },
//   { type: 'integer', value: '1' },
//   { type: 'group', value: ',' },
//   { type: 'integer', value: '999' },
//   { type: 'decimal', value: '.' },
//   { type: 'fraction', value: '00' },
// ]

// React: shrink the currency symbol
anyamountParts(price, { mode: 'currency', currency: 'EUR' }).map((p, i) =>
  p.type === 'currency' ? <small key={i}>{p.value}</small> : p.value,
)

Note: part values keep the original Intl characters — the space between number and unit can be U+00A0 or U+202F (no-break spaces) depending on locale and ICU version.

The mode option picks the rendering strategy. Each mode reads only the options that apply to it — the rest are ignored.

anyamount(1999, { mode: 'currency', currency: 'EUR', locale: 'en' })
// "€1,999.00"

anyamount(1999, { mode: 'currency', currency: 'RSD', locale: 'sr' })
// "1.999,00 RSD"

anyamount(1999, { mode: 'currency', currency: 'JPY', locale: 'ja' })
// "￥1,999"  — JPY has no minor unit, Intl knows

anyamount(1999.99, { mode: 'currency', currency: 'EUR', locale: 'en', digits: 0 })
// "€2,000"

anyamount(3.2, { mode: 'unit', unit: 'gigabyte', locale: 'en' })
// "3.2 GB"

anyamount(120, { mode: 'unit', unit: 'kilometer-per-hour', locale: 'en' })
// "120 km/h"

anyamount(3.2, { mode: 'unit', unit: 'gigabyte', locale: 'en', style: 'long' })
// "3.2 gigabytes"

anyamount(5, { mode: 'unit', unit: 'kilometer', locale: 'en', style: 'narrow' })
// "5km"

Intl supports a fixed, sanctioned list of unit identifiers (from ECMA-402), plus any <unit>-per-<unit> compound of them. anyamount ships the full list as a TypeScript union, so invalid units fail at compile time.

acre bit byte celsius centimeter day degree fahrenheit
fluid-ounce foot gallon gigabit gigabyte gram hectare hour
inch kilobit kilobyte kilogram kilometer liter megabit
megabyte meter microsecond mile mile-scandinavian milliliter
millimeter millisecond minute month nanosecond ounce percent
petabyte pound second stone terabit terabyte week yard year

// compounds work too
anyamount(120, { mode: 'unit', unit: 'kilometer-per-hour' })   // "120 km/h"
anyamount(8.5, { mode: 'unit', unit: 'liter-per-kilometer' })  // "8.5 L/km"
anyamount(2, { mode: 'unit', unit: 'meter-per-second' })       // "2 m/s"

Same calls in a few languages — no extra setup, no locale files.

// smart mode
anyamount(1234567, { locale: 'ru' })   // "1,2 млн"
anyamount(1234567, { locale: 'de' })   // "1,2 Mio."
anyamount(1234567, { locale: 'ja' })   // "123.5万"

// currency mode
anyamount(1999, { mode: 'currency', currency: 'USD', locale: 'de' })
// "1.999,00 $"
anyamount(1999, { mode: 'currency', currency: 'INR', locale: 'hi' })
// "₹1,999.00"

// unit mode
anyamount(120, { mode: 'unit', unit: 'kilometer-per-hour', locale: 'ru' })
// "120 км/ч"

Pass any valid BCP 47 language tag — including regional variants like en-GB, zh-TW, or pt-BR. Locale is optional; when omitted, native Intl uses the runtime locale. Fallback arrays like ['sr-Latn-RS', 'en'] also work.

Output is pure — no clock reads, no environment sniffing — so server and client render identically. SSR-safe by construction.

anyamount uses Intl.NumberFormat with compact notation and unit support — widely available since 2020.

A few things worth knowing before you ship: