Zaz is a terminal manipulation library for Rust and C/FFI bindings for other languages.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Efficient terminal rendering (Smart Style Caching, Paul Heckel’s Diff Algorithm, Cost-based Cursor Movement, etc…).
- SIMD for large screens (work in progress).
- Terminal initialization and screen management.
- Cursor positioning and text output.
- RGB color support with ANSI escape codes.
- Text attributes (bold, italic, underline, etc.).
- Window and panel management.
- Keyboard input handling with Kitty keyboard protocol.
- Graphics support (Kitty image protocol, Sixel, iTerm2).
- Unicode block mosaic rendering from images.
- Scrolling regions.
Website: github.com/raphamorim/zaz
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Developer: Raphael Amorim
License: MIT License
Zaz is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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