Text User Interfaces

Related to Command-Line Interface
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Perplexity AI explains Text User Interfaces Libraries or applications that live entirely within the terminal, such as Yazi or Neovim, are typically referred to as Text User Interfaces (TUIs) or Console User Interfaces (CUIs). These applications provide a user interface that is rendered using text characters, often using libraries like ncurses, blessed, or Ratatui to manage the display and input within the terminal environment.

Key Features of TUIs:

  • Text-based interface: The entire user experience is presented using text characters.
  • Terminal control: These applications often use terminal control libraries to manage the display and input.
  • Interactive: Users can interact with TUIs using keyboard and sometimes mouse input.

Examples of TUI Applications:

  • Yazi: A terminal file manager written in Rust.
  • Neovim: A text editor that runs in the terminal.
  • htop: A system monitoring tool that provides a text-based interface.

Libraries Used for TUI Development:

  • ncurses: A classic library for creating TUIs, widely used in C applications.
  • Ratatui: A Rust library for building TUIs.
  • blessed: A Node.js library for creating TUIs.
These libraries and applications are designed to provide efficient, text-based interfaces that can be used directly within terminal emulators or windows.

Citations:

  1. https://github.com/rothgar/awesome-tuis
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curses_(programming_library)
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_emulator
  4. https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi
  5. https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/134z4s8/what_programming_language_libraries_are_terminal/
  6. https://theari.dev/blog/helix-vs-neovim/
  7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command-line_interface
  8. https://www.reddit.com/r/neovim/comments/1aypx83/except_neovim_and_terminal_what_other_programs_do/
  9. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/439799/whats-a-good-java-curses-like-library-for-terminal-applications
  10. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28306266/how-to-set-a-program-to-run-in-linux-terminal-only-with-program-name
  11. https://itsfoss.com/terminal-file-managers/
  12. https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/400997/can-anyone-explain-to-me-the-difference-between-terminal-apps-cli-clt-and-prom
  13. https://github.com/agarrharr/awesome-cli-apps
  14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKb3cHDD9hw
  15. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8547033/how-to-write-an-application-that-uses-the-terminal-as-gui-in-c
  16. https://www.reddit.com/r/commandline/comments/yplty5/help_me_understand_command_line_applications/
  17. https://tonisagrista.com/blog/2024/on-neovim-and-helix/
  18. https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/cli/
  19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXu428tLhdE
  20. https://undinealmani.com/terminal-for-beginners/
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