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Category: TUI

Purple – terminal SSH manager with cloud synchronisation

April 8, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Purple manages SSH hosts and cloud inventories in a terminal interface, with live tunnel monitoring, file transfer and key controls.

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Hex Editor

HexMe – hex editor

April 7, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

HexMe is a terminal-based hex editor written in C++ that uses the Curses library for its text user interface.

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Selection of utilities

hyprmoncfg – monitor configurator and background daemon for Hyprland

April 7, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

hyprmoncfg is a terminal-first monitor configurator and background daemon for Hyprland.

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S3

claws – terminal user interface for managing AWS resources

April 6, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

claws is a terminal UI for AWS resource management.

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Musical instruments

mplay – command-line music player inspired by cplay

April 6, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

mplay is a command-line music player inspired by cplay, but with a richer terminal interface and a strong emphasis on customization.

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Monitor System

bpftop – dynamic real-time view of running eBPF programs

April 5, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

bpftop is a command-line monitoring tool developed by Netflix that provides a real-time, top-like interface for observing running eBPF programs

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S3

S3ry – AWS S3 interactive terminal client

April 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, TUI

S3ry is an interactive terminal application for managing Amazon S3 buckets and objects.

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Selection of utilities

RFC Reader – terminal-based viewer for IETF Request for Comments documents

April 5, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

RFC Reader is a terminal-based viewer for IETF Request for Comments documents written in Rust.

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Typing

Textype – terminal typing tutor

April 2, 2026 Steve Emms Education, TUI

Textype is a terminal typing tutor built for users who want to improve their typing skills from the command line.

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plotting-software

Uniplot – lightweight terminal plotting library for Python

March 31, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, TUI

Uniplot is aimed at users who need quick visualisation without relying on graphical desktop dependencies or notebook-only workflows.

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Documentation Generators

tiki – documentation and issue management tool

March 29, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Tiki is a lightweight terminal-based project and knowledge management tool designed to work directly inside a Git repository.

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JSON Tools

pyfx – python-native TUI JSON viewer

March 27, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

pyfx is a Python-native terminal JSON viewer (TUI) inspired by the fx tool,

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Video Editing

lazycut – terminal-based video trimming tool

March 26, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

Lazycut is a lightweight command-line tool designed to simplify working with text and file streams by providing efficient, minimal, and composable “cut”-style operations.

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Coding

json-tui – JSON terminal UI

March 26, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

json-tui is a JSON terminal UI made in C++ with zero dependencies and very small.

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Podcast

14 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Podcast Tools

March 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Roundup, TUI

Podcasting lets listeners automatically receive the latest episodes of their chosen programmes as soon as they are released.

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Selection of utilities

APTUI – TUI package manager for APT-based distros

March 25, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

APTUI is a terminal user interface (TUI) written in Go for managing APT packages.

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Wi-Fi

nettui – unified terminal UI for Wi-Fi and Ethernet

March 23, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

nettui is a terminal user interface for managing both Wi-Fi and Ethernet connections from a single application.

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taws – terminal user interface for Amazon Web Services

March 21, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI, Utilities

taws is a terminal user interface for Amazon Web Services that lets you browse, inspect, and manage cloud resources from inside the terminal.

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Emacs Software

QEmacs – small but powerful UNIX editor

March 21, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, GUI, TUI

QEmacs is a small but powerful text editor with an Emacs-like interface.

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Emacs Software

Textbringer – Emacs-like text editor written in Ruby

March 21, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

Textbringer is an Emacs-like text editor runs in a terminal and uses Ruby for extension and customization instead of Lisp.

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