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Category: TUI

Selection of utilities

Livediff – displays live diffs as files change

July 14, 2026 Steve Emms TUI, Utilities

Livediff is a lightweight terminal application that displays live diffs as files change.

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Mastodon

11 Best Free and Open Source Text-Based Mastodon Clients

July 14, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Internet, Roundup, TUI

Mastodon is a free and open source microblogging platform similar to X, but with user privacy and decentralization in mind.

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Utility

ntap – terminal-based network traffic monitor and analyzer

July 12, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

ntap monitors network traffic and captures packets in a terminal, with interface, protocol, address and port filtering options.

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Framework

11 Useful Free and Open Source Rust TUI frameworks

July 11, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup, TUI

The software featured in this roundup helps developers create TUI programs. All the software featured is written in Rust.

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bulletty – TUI RSS/Atom feed reader

July 11, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, Reviews, TUI

Explore bulletty, a terminal-based RSS and Atom feed reader with offline access, local Markdown storage, and a keyboard-driven interface.

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musical notes

Revisited: Trix Player – Linux music player

July 9, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Reviews, TUI

I revisit Trix Player for Linux after its developer adds gapless playback and Vim-style navigation to this frugal terminal music player.

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Utility

Flow – terminal dashboard for network throughput monitoring

July 9, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Flow is a terminal network throughput monitor with animated graphs, live latency, traffic totals, themes and compact display modes.

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Mastodon

mastotui – distraction-free terminal client for Mastodon

July 9, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

mastotui is a minimal, distraction-free terminal client for Mastodon built with Ratatui.

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Putzen – remove build and dependency artifacts

July 8, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming, TUI

Putzen is a command-line utility that helps keep disks clean by removing build and dependency artifacts.

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Framework

14 Useful Free and Open Source Go TUI frameworks

July 8, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, Roundup, TUI

The software featured in this roundup helps developers create TUI programs. There is a diverse range of programs included.

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Music image

BM – minimalist terminal music player

July 6, 2026 Luke Baker Multimedia, Reviews, TUI

BM is a modern terminal music player with directory browsing, album artwork, fuzzy search, playlists and MPRIS2 support.

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Bitcoin

tick-tock-tui – check the latest Bitcoin data

July 6, 2026 Steve Emms Financial, TUI

tick-tock-tui is a terminal user interface for checking the latest Bitcoin data.

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Framework

Bubbles – collection of TUI components for Bubble Tea applications

July 5, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Bubbles is a collection of TUI components for Bubble Tea applications. It provides reusable primitives that help developers.

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API

Ferritin – terminal-based Rust documentation viewer

July 5, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Ferritin is a terminal-based documentation viewer. It reads rustdoc JSON output and displays Rust documentation directly in your terminal.

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Framework

gotui – modern Terminal User Interface (TUI) library

July 4, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

gotui is a modern Terminal User Interface (TUI) library for Go. It’s a modernized and enhanced fork of termui built on top of tcell.

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Framework

Phoenix – high-performance terminal user interface framework

July 3, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

Phoenix is a high-performance terminal user interface framework. It’s designed for building modern terminal applications.

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Data Tools

RecoverPy – terminal-based data recovery tool

July 3, 2026 Steve Emms System Software, TUI

RecoverPy is a data recovery tool that searches raw block devices for byte patterns and lets you inspect and extract recoverable content.

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XMPP

Communiqué – instant messaging client

July 1, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

Communiqué is an instant messaging client with a terminal-based user interface. It’s designed for services that support XMPP and Jabber.

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File Managers

F2 Commander – orthodox terminal file manager with remote filesystem support

June 30, 2026 Steve Emms Productivity, TUI

F2 Commander is a dual-pane terminal file manager with remote filesystem access, archive browsing, previews, searching and bookmarks.

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Docker

layerx – terminal-based Docker image layer inspector

June 29, 2026 Steve Emms Internet, TUI

layerx is a terminal-based Docker image layer inspector that helps developers understand what’s inside container images.

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