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Category: TUI

Graphics

Trophy – terminal 3D model viewer

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, TUI

Trophy is a terminal 3D model viewer that displays OBJ, GLB, and STL files directly inside a terminal window. It provides interactive controls for rotating, zooming, and inspecting models, with software rendering that doesn’t require a GPU and can work

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System Cleaning

CrunchyCleaner – lightweight cache cleanup tool

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

CrunchyCleaner provides a simple TUI for removing temporary files and software caches from common system locations and applications.

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Personal Finance

Ledge – terminal-based personal finance tracker

June 4, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, TUI

Ledge is designed for keyboard-driven use, letting you record transactions, monitor budgets, export reports, and review spending insights.

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Finance

moneyflow – track your money from the terminal

June 3, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, TUI

Moneyflow is a keyboard-driven terminal application for managing personal finance transactions.

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Manga

ani-l – terminal-based anime library and streamer

June 3, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Other, TUI

ani-l lets users browse, search, and stream anime directly from the terminal, with a TUI or command-line options.

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Finance

SmartWallet – offline-first TUI application for managing personal finances

June 3, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, TUI

SmartWallet provides an offline-first text user interface for managing income and expenses using a hierarchical budget structure.

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YouTube

GopherTube – terminal YouTube client for searching and watching videos

June 2, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

GopherTube is a terminal YouTube client for searching and watching videos without using a full web browser.

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Mixer

10 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Volume Mixers

June 2, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup, TUI

A volume mixer is a tool that adjusts the individual volume levels of different applications and audio devices running on a computer.

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Personal Finance

Helius Personal Finance Tracker – Rust CLI/TUI

June 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Financial, TUI

Helius Personal Finance Tracker is a local-first personal finance application built around a Rust command-line interface and full-screen terminal user interface.

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Accountancy

Tuidger – terminal-based personal finance manager

June 1, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, TUI

Tuidger is a terminal-based personal finance manager for tracking expenses, revenues, transfers, and account balances.

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Mixer

alsamixer – terminal-based mixer for the ALSA sound system

June 1, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

alsamixer provides an ncurses interface for inspecting and adjusting mixer controls on Linux sound devices.

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19 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based SSH Frontends

June 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup, TUI

This roundup focuses on terminal-based apps that help you manage and create SSH connections.

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Finance

Budget Tracker TUI – track personal budgets

June 1, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, TUI

Budget Tracker TUI is a terminal user interface application for tracking personal budgets. It’s written in Rust and Ratatui.

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Finance

Bagels – terminal user interface expense tracker

May 31, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, TUI

Bagels is a terminal user interface expense tracker that helps users record and analyse their personal finances.

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Selection of utilities

har-viewer – inspect HAR (HTTP Archive) files

May 31, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

har-viewer is a terminal user interface for inspecting HAR (HTTP Archive) files from the command line.

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ESSH – terminal-native SSH client

May 30, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

ESSH is a terminal-native SSH client combining a text user interface with tools aimed at people managing multiple remote systems.

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Selection of utilities

Caligula – write disk images to removable media

May 30, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

Caligula is a terminal user interface for writing disk images to removable media.

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Network

susshi – modern, terminal-based SSH connection manager

May 30, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

susshi is a modern terminal-based SSH connection manager written in Rust.

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Clipboard

6 Best Free and Open Source Linux TUI Clipboard Managers

May 30, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, Roundup, TUI, Utilities

The applications featured here keep the focus on fast, keyboard-driven clipboard management in the terminal.

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Hulak – file-based API client for the terminal

May 30, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Hulak is a file-based API client for the terminal. It lets you define API requests as YAML files, keep them in Git, and run them directly.

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