Pokrok provides a simple API for displaying progress bars and spinners. The actual work is done by any one of many available progress bar packges in python. For each package, a sensible default display is provided. In addition, high-level configuration options are provided for limited customization of the bar/spinner display without having to know the details of the underlying progress bar/spinner implementation. Finally, access to the fine-grained configuration of the underlying package is provided for those that want it.