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. The library is designed for building customizable terminal dashboards and applications with high-performance rendering, TrueColor support, flexible layouts, rich widgets, mouse input, and an application API for structured TUI programs.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Build terminal dashboards and interactive TUI applications in Go
- High-performance rendering engine
- TrueColor 24-bit RGB color support
- Flexible layouts with flex, grid, and absolute positioning
- Rich widget set including charts, gauges, tables, lists, text areas, buttons, checkboxes, spinners, modals, heatmaps, and more
- Mouse support including clicks, scroll wheel, and drag events
- Application API with focus management, event dispatch, and automatic resize handling
- Supports themes, rounded borders, gradients, and title alignment
- Can serve TUIs over SSH using a custom backend
- Mostly backward compatible with termui
Website: github.com/metaspartan/gotui
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Developer: Carsen Klock
License: MIT License
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Related Software
| Go TUI Frameworks | |
|---|---|
| termui | Golang terminal dashboard |
| Bubble Tea | Fun, functional and stateful way to build terminal apps |
| tview | Terminal UI library with rich, interactive widgets |
| gocui | Minimalist Go package aimed at creating Console User Interfaces. |
| Tcell | Low-level Go package for portable terminal screen handling and input |
| PTerm | Go library for styled output, progress displays, and interactive prompts |
| Huh? | Go library for elegant, accessible interactive forms and prompts |
| Cobra | Library for creating powerful modern CLI applications |
| Bubbles | Reusable components for composing polished Bubble Tea applications |
| go-tui | Declarative toolkit for building interactive terminal applications |
| cview | Terminal-based user interface toolkit (fork of tview) |
| gotui | Modern Go library for creating rich interactive terminal interfaces |
| Phoenix | High-performance toolkit for building responsive terminal interfaces |
| Lip Gloss | Style definitions for nice terminal layouts |
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