diff --git a/lib/commands/init.js b/lib/commands/init.js
index 1847e19a9560f..f42a613a2ca71 100644
--- a/lib/commands/init.js
+++ b/lib/commands/init.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const npa = require('npm-package-arg')
 const libexec = require('libnpmexec')
 const mapWorkspaces = require('@npmcli/map-workspaces')
 const PackageJson = require('@npmcli/package-json')
-const { log, output } = require('proc-log')
+const { log, output, input } = require('proc-log')
 const updateWorkspaces = require('../utils/update-workspaces.js')
 const BaseCommand = require('../base-cmd.js')
 
@@ -148,8 +148,6 @@ class Init extends BaseCommand {
   }
 
   async template (path = process.cwd()) {
-    log.pause()
-
     const initFile = this.npm.config.get('init-module')
     if (!this.npm.config.get('yes') && !this.npm.config.get('force')) {
       output.standard([
@@ -167,7 +165,8 @@ class Init extends BaseCommand {
     }
 
     try {
-      const data = await initJson(path, initFile, this.npm.config)
+      const data = await input.start(() => initJson(path, initFile, this.npm.config))
+        .finally(() => output.standard(''))
       log.silly('package data', data)
       return data
     } catch (er) {
@@ -176,8 +175,6 @@ class Init extends BaseCommand {
       } else {
         throw er
       }
-    } finally {
-      log.resume()
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/utils/display.js b/lib/utils/display.js
index 299edc797aaf3..f69c6baba5c95 100644
--- a/lib/utils/display.js
+++ b/lib/utils/display.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const proggy = require('proggy')
-const { log, output, META } = require('proc-log')
+const { log, output, input, META } = require('proc-log')
 const { explain } = require('./explain-eresolve.js')
 const { formatWithOptions } = require('./format')
 
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ class Display {
     // Handlers are set immediately so they can buffer all events
     process.on('log', this.#logHandler)
     process.on('output', this.#outputHandler)
+    process.on('input', this.#inputHandler)
+
+    this.#progress = new Progress({ stream: stderr })
   }
 
   off () {
@@ -146,9 +149,9 @@ class Display {
     process.off('output', this.#outputHandler)
     this.#outputState.buffer.length = 0
 
-    if (this.#progress) {
-      this.#progress.stop()
-    }
+    process.off('input', this.#inputHandler)
+
+    this.#progress.off()
   }
 
   get chalk () {
@@ -171,6 +174,7 @@ class Display {
     unicode,
   }) {
     this.#command = command
+
     // get createSupportsColor from chalk directly if this lands
     // https://github.com/chalk/chalk/pull/600
     const [{ Chalk }, { createSupportsColor }] = await Promise.all([
@@ -201,18 +205,18 @@ class Display {
     // Emit resume event on the logs which will flush output
     log.resume()
     output.flush()
-    this.#startProgress({ progress, unicode })
+    this.#progress.load({
+      unicode,
+      enabled: !!progress && !this.#silent,
+    })
   }
 
   // STREAM WRITES
 
   // Write formatted and (non-)colorized output to streams
-  #stdoutWrite (options, ...args) {
-    this.#stdout.write(formatWithOptions({ colors: this.#stdoutColor, ...options }, ...args))
-  }
-
-  #stderrWrite (options, ...args) {
-    this.#stderr.write(formatWithOptions({ colors: this.#stderrColor, ...options }, ...args))
+  #write (stream, options, ...args) {
+    const colors = stream === this.#stdout ? this.#stdoutColor : this.#stderrColor
+    this.#progress.write(stream, formatWithOptions({ colors, ...options }, ...args))
   }
 
   // HANDLERS
@@ -289,16 +293,31 @@ class Display {
     this.#writeOutput(level, meta, ...args)
   })
 
+  #inputHandler = withMeta((level, meta, ...args) => {
+    if (level === input.KEYS.start) {
+      log.pause()
+      this.#outputState.buffering = true
+      this.#progress.pause()
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (level === input.KEYS.end) {
+      log.resume()
+      output.flush()
+      this.#progress.resume()
+    }
+  })
+
   // OUTPUT
 
   #writeOutput (level, meta, ...args) {
     if (level === output.KEYS.standard) {
-      this.#stdoutWrite({}, ...args)
+      this.#write(this.#stdout, {}, ...args)
       return
     }
 
     if (level === output.KEYS.error) {
-      this.#stderrWrite({}, ...args)
+      this.#write(this.#stderr, {}, ...args)
     }
   }
 
@@ -344,22 +363,102 @@ class Display {
         this.#logColors[level](level),
         title ? this.#logColors.title(title) : null,
       ]
-      this.#stderrWrite({ prefix }, ...args)
-    } else if (this.#progress) {
-      // TODO: make this display a single log line of filtered messages
+      this.#write(this.#stderr, { prefix }, ...args)
     }
   }
+}
+
+class Progress {
+  // Taken from https://github.com/sindresorhus/cli-spinners
+  // MIT License
+  // Copyright (c) Sindre Sorhus <sindresorhus@gmail.com> (https://sindresorhus.com)
+  static dots = { duration: 80, frames: ['⠋', '⠙', '⠹', '⠸', '⠼', '⠴', '⠦', '⠧', '⠇', '⠏'] }
+  static lines = { duration: 130, frames: ['-', '\\', '|', '/'] }
+
+  #stream
+  #spinner
+  #client
+  #enabled = false
+
+  #frameIndex = 0
+  #lastUpdate = 0
+  #interval
+
+  #initialTimeout
+
+  constructor ({ stream }) {
+    this.#client = proggy.createClient({ normalize: true })
+    this.#stream = stream
+  }
 
-  // PROGRESS
+  load ({ enabled, unicode }) {
+    this.#enabled = enabled
+    this.#spinner = unicode ? Progress.dots : Progress.lines
+    this.#delayRender(500)
+  }
 
-  #startProgress ({ progress, unicode }) {
-    if (!progress || this.#silent) {
+  off () {
+    this.#clear()
+  }
+
+  pause () {
+    this.#clear({ clearLine: true })
+  }
+
+  #clear ({ clearLine } = {}) {
+    if (!this.#enabled) {
+      return
+    }
+    clearTimeout(this.#initialTimeout)
+    clearInterval(this.#interval)
+    this.#frameIndex = 0
+    this.#lastUpdate = 0
+    this.#stream.cursorTo(0)
+    if (clearLine) {
+      this.#stream.clearLine(1)
+    }
+  }
+
+  resume () {
+    this.#delayRender(10)
+  }
+
+  write (stream, str) {
+    if (!this.#enabled) {
+      return stream.write(str)
+    }
+    this.#stream.cursorTo(0)
+    stream.write(str)
+    this.#render()
+  }
+
+  #delayRender (ms) {
+    this.#initialTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
+      this.#initialTimeout = null
+      this.#render()
+    }, ms)
+    this.#initialTimeout.unref()
+  }
+
+  #render () {
+    if (!this.#enabled || this.#initialTimeout) {
       return
     }
-    this.#progress = proggy.createClient({ normalize: true })
-    // TODO: implement proggy trackers in arborist/doctor
-    // TODO: listen to progress events here and build progress UI
-    // TODO: see deprecated gauge package for what unicode chars were used
+    this.#renderFrame(Date.now() - this.#lastUpdate >= this.#spinner.duration)
+    clearInterval(this.#interval)
+    this.#interval = setInterval(() => this.#renderFrame(true), this.#spinner.duration)
+  }
+
+  #renderFrame (next) {
+    if (next) {
+      this.#lastUpdate = Date.now()
+      this.#frameIndex++
+      if (this.#frameIndex >= this.#spinner.frames.length) {
+        this.#frameIndex = 0
+      }
+    }
+    this.#stream.cursorTo(0)
+    this.#stream.write(this.#spinner.frames[this.#frameIndex])
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/utils/open-url-prompt.js b/lib/utils/open-url-prompt.js
index 261cf370da6bd..27f0b3023c99f 100644
--- a/lib/utils/open-url-prompt.js
+++ b/lib/utils/open-url-prompt.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const readline = require('readline')
-const { output } = require('proc-log')
+const { output, input } = require('proc-log')
 const open = require('./open-url.js')
 
 function print (npm, title, url) {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const promptOpen = async (npm, url, title, prompt, emitter) => {
     output: process.stdout,
   })
 
-  const tryOpen = await new Promise(resolve => {
+  const tryOpen = await input.start(() => new Promise(resolve => {
     rl.on('SIGINT', () => {
       rl.close()
       resolve('SIGINT')
@@ -47,13 +47,12 @@ const promptOpen = async (npm, url, title, prompt, emitter) => {
     if (emitter && emitter.addListener) {
       emitter.addListener('abort', () => {
         rl.close()
-
-        // clear the prompt line
-        output.standard('')
-
         resolve(false)
       })
     }
+  })).finally(() => {
+    // clear the prompt line
+    output.standard('')
   })
 
   if (tryOpen === 'SIGINT') {
diff --git a/lib/utils/read-user-info.js b/lib/utils/read-user-info.js
index b2cd7374c17c3..dcd19bb6d14c1 100644
--- a/lib/utils/read-user-info.js
+++ b/lib/utils/read-user-info.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const { read } = require('read')
 const userValidate = require('npm-user-validate')
-const { log } = require('proc-log')
+const { log, input, output } = require('proc-log')
 
 exports.otp = readOTP
 exports.password = readPassword
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ const passwordPrompt = 'npm password: '
 const usernamePrompt = 'npm username: '
 const emailPrompt = 'email (this IS public): '
 
+const procLogRead = (...args) => input.start(() => read(...args).finally(() => output.standard('')))
+
 function readOTP (msg = otpPrompt, otp, isRetry) {
   if (isRetry && otp && /^[\d ]+$|^[A-Fa-f0-9]{64,64}$/.test(otp)) {
     return otp.replace(/\s+/g, '')
   }
 
-  return read({ prompt: msg, default: otp || '' })
+  return procLogRead({ prompt: msg, default: otp || '' })
     .then((rOtp) => readOTP(msg, rOtp, true))
 }
 
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ function readPassword (msg = passwordPrompt, password, isRetry) {
     return password
   }
 
-  return read({ prompt: msg, silent: true, default: password || '' })
+  return procLogRead({ prompt: msg, silent: true, default: password || '' })
     .then((rPassword) => readPassword(msg, rPassword, true))
 }
 
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ function readUsername (msg = usernamePrompt, username, isRetry) {
     }
   }
 
-  return read({ prompt: msg, default: username || '' })
+  return procLogRead({ prompt: msg, default: username || '' })
     .then((rUsername) => readUsername(msg, rUsername, true))
 }
 
@@ -58,6 +60,6 @@ function readEmail (msg = emailPrompt, email, isRetry) {
     }
   }
 
-  return read({ prompt: msg, default: email || '' })
+  return procLogRead({ prompt: msg, default: email || '' })
     .then((username) => readEmail(msg, username, true))
 }
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/open-url-prompt.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/open-url-prompt.js.test.cjs
index cf5feed44cc37..a0af353917772 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/open-url-prompt.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/open-url-prompt.js.test.cjs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 exports[`test/lib/utils/open-url-prompt.js TAP does not error when opener can not find command > Outputs extra Browser unavailable message and url 1`] = `
 npm home:
 https://www.npmjs.com
+
 Browser unavailable.  Please open the URL manually:
   https://www.npmjs.com
 `
diff --git a/test/lib/utils/read-user-info.js b/test/lib/utils/read-user-info.js
index 854277783bb6b..91f798d2bef5d 100644
--- a/test/lib/utils/read-user-info.js
+++ b/test/lib/utils/read-user-info.js
@@ -1,39 +1,41 @@
 const t = require('tap')
+const procLog = require('proc-log')
 const tmock = require('../../fixtures/tmock')
 
 let readOpts = null
 let readResult = null
-const read = { read: async (opts) => {
-  readOpts = opts
-  return readResult
-} }
-
-const npmUserValidate = {
-  username: (username) => {
-    if (username === 'invalid') {
-      return new Error('invalid username')
-    }
-
-    return null
-  },
-  email: (email) => {
-    if (email.startsWith('invalid')) {
-      return new Error('invalid email')
-    }
-
-    return null
-  },
-}
-
 let logMsg = null
+
 const readUserInfo = tmock(t, '{LIB}/utils/read-user-info.js', {
-  read,
+  read: {
+    read: async (opts) => {
+      readOpts = opts
+      return readResult
+    },
+  },
   'proc-log': {
+    ...procLog,
     log: {
+      ...procLog.log,
       warn: (msg) => logMsg = msg,
     },
   },
-  'npm-user-validate': npmUserValidate,
+  'npm-user-validate': {
+    username: (username) => {
+      if (username === 'invalid') {
+        return new Error('invalid username')
+      }
+
+      return null
+    },
+    email: (email) => {
+      if (email.startsWith('invalid')) {
+        return new Error('invalid email')
+      }
+
+      return null
+    },
+  },
 })
 
 t.beforeEach(() => {
diff --git a/workspaces/libnpmexec/lib/index.js b/workspaces/libnpmexec/lib/index.js
index 944f34b01c237..b9934516a4155 100644
--- a/workspaces/libnpmexec/lib/index.js
+++ b/workspaces/libnpmexec/lib/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const { mkdir } = require('fs/promises')
 const Arborist = require('@npmcli/arborist')
 const ciInfo = require('ci-info')
 const crypto = require('crypto')
-const { log } = require('proc-log')
+const { log, input, output } = require('proc-log')
 const npa = require('npm-package-arg')
 const pacote = require('pacote')
 const { read } = require('read')
@@ -242,26 +242,26 @@ const exec = async (opts) => {
 
     if (add.length) {
       if (!yes) {
-        const missingPackages = add.map(a => `${a.replace(/@$/, '')}`)
+        const addList = add.map(a => `${a.replace(/@$/, '')}`)
+
         // set -n to always say no
         if (yes === false) {
           // Error message lists missing package(s) when process is canceled
           /* eslint-disable-next-line max-len */
-          throw new Error(`npx canceled due to missing packages and no YES option: ${JSON.stringify(missingPackages)}`)
+          throw new Error(`npx canceled due to missing packages and no YES option: ${JSON.stringify(addList)}`)
         }
 
         if (noTTY() || ciInfo.isCI) {
-          log.warn('exec', `The following package${
-            add.length === 1 ? ' was' : 's were'
-          } not found and will be installed: ${
-            add.map((pkg) => pkg.replace(/@$/, '')).join(', ')
-          }`)
+          log.warn('exec',
+            /* eslint-disable-next-line max-len */
+            `The following package${add.length === 1 ? ' was' : 's were'} not found and will be installed:`,
+            addList.join(', ')
+          )
         } else {
-          const addList = missingPackages.join('\n') + '\n'
-          const prompt = `Need to install the following packages:\n${
-          addList
-        }Ok to proceed? `
-          const confirm = await read({ prompt, default: 'y' })
+          /* eslint-disable-next-line max-len */
+          const prompt = `Need to install the following packages:\n${addList.join('\n')}\nOk to proceed? `
+          const confirm = await input.start(() => read({ prompt, default: 'y' }))
+            .finally(() => output.standard(''))
           if (confirm.trim().toLowerCase().charAt(0) !== 'y') {
             throw new Error('canceled')
           }