Tcell is a Go package that provides a cell based view for text terminals such as XTerm.
It was inspired by termbox, but adds a broader terminal abstraction for applications that need better portability, richer input handling, Unicode support, and colour control.
Tcell gives developers a portable foundation for building text user interfaces in Go. It hides many terminal-specific details while still exposing the features needed by modern terminal applications.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Cell-based terminal screen abstraction for Go applications.
- Pure Go implementation with no CGO requirement.
- Runs on Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, Solaris, Windows, WebAssembly, and Plan 9.
- Unicode support including wide characters and grapheme clusters.
- Conversion support for non-Unicode locales.
- Enhanced handling for special keys and keyboard modifiers.
- Mouse tracking with support for motion events, click-drag, buttons, and wheel events.
- ANSI/XTerm colour palette support with optional 24-bit colour.
- Bracketed paste support.
- Terminal override options for keyboard, mouse, and capability negotiation behaviour.
- Demonstration programs and examples.
Website: github.com/gdamore/tcell
Support:
Developer: Garrett D’Amore and contributors
License: Apache License 2.0
Tcell is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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