TUIs

Modern application with a UI running in Terminals.

# Tools

# Development & APIs

• posting - API Client like Postman: A modern API client that runs in the terminal.
  • Neovim option: kulala.nvim
• sql-tap: Watch SQL traffic in real-time with a TUI

# AI

• OpenCode: AI prompter like claude code
• See more Agents at Vibe Code Agents such as Amp Code, and more.

# DevOps & Infrastructure

• lazydocker: Terminal UI for docker management and monitoring with easy container controls
• CDF (Continuous Data Framework): Craft end-to-end data pipelines and manage them continuously within the terminal, on top of SQLMesh and dlt. ^3ce141
• k9s: Kubernetes CLI to manage and navigate clusters in your terminal
• Flowrs: Flowrs is a TUI application for Apache Airflow that allows you to monitor, inspect and trigger Airflow DAGs from the comforts of your terminal. ^e67697

# Database Management

• Dadbod: Database management and query execution tool for Vim/Neovim
• Harlequin
• Rainfrog: A database tool for the terminal.
• see more on SQL IDEs

# Data & Streaming

• kplay: Inspect messages in a Kafka topic in a simple and deliberate manner

# System & Linux

• btop: Resource monitor that shows CPU, memory, processes, and network usage (CPU Monitoring (Resources) on Linux)
• impala: TUI for managing wifi on Linux. ^4e20f0
• bluetui: TUI for managing bluetooth on Linux. Similar to impala for Wifi.
• hyprmon: TUI monitor configuration tool for Hyprland with visual layout, drag-and-drop, and profile management.
• caligula: A user-friendly, lightweight TUI for disk imaging and ISO burning.
• pacseek: A terminal user interface for searching and installing Arch Linux packages

# File & Storage

• yazi: File manager like Ranger - Console File Manager. There is also lf
• S3 client TUI for Amazon: stu Example
  • Better to use s3fs-fuse

# Communication & Social Media

• Chat in the terminal with open source Zulip: Official Zulip terminal client ^0c6e64
• Bluesky on Bluesky
• circumflex : It’s HackerNews in your terminal. Example
• yt-browse: it’s like search, but for YouTube
• itter.sh: Social Media for Purists.
  • register: ssh register:USERNAME@app.itter.sh
  • login: ssh USERNAME@app.itter.sh
• Lazycut: A simple terminal UI for video trimming

# Productivity & Finance

• Bagels: Powerful expense tracker that lives in your terminal.
  • Creates a config.yaml and uses SQLite
• Ticker: Track stocks, crypto, and derivatives prices and positions in real time from your terminal
• calcure: Modern TUI calendar and task manager with minimal and customizable UI.
• Gloomberb: open-source finance terminal

# Web & Information, RSS

• Newsboat: RSS Feeer in the terminal. More RSS Readers
• wttr.in: The right way to check the weather
• Browsh: Fully text-based browser.

# Media & Downloads

• Cliamp: Terminal Winamp
• Surge: Surge is a blazing fast, open-source terminal (TUI) download manager built in Go.

# Emails

• Neomd: My own email client, a minimal terminal email client for people who write in Markdown and live in Neovim.
• Pop Email: Modern CLI email client with a clean interface for sending emails from your terminal
• Neomutt / Mutt: Feature-rich command line email client with powerful customization options
• msgvault: Analytics on top of emails by Wes McKinney ^d6daa8
• HEY CLI: TUI for Hey.com, and Agent Skills.
• aerc: a pretty good email client
• matcha: A functional email client for your terminal, built with Go and the charming Bubble Tea TUI library. ^517a62

# SSH GUIs

• SSH with a TUI: lazyssh: A terminal-based SSH manager inspired by lazydocker and k9s - Written in go.

# Git and GitHub

• lazygit: Simple terminal UI for git commands, making version control more intuitive
• Working with GitHub PR within Neovim.
• ghui: Terminal UI for browsing and acting on your open GitHub pull requests across repositories.
• hunk: Review-first terminal diff viewer for agentic coders. Used by Mitchell Hashimoto
• lumen: Beautiful git diff viewer, generate commits with AI, get summary of changes, all from the CLI.
• See also How to Review a PR without Leaving the Terminal (Neovim)

# Trains and Information

• sbb-tui: TUI client for Switzerland’s public transports timetables, inspidered by the SBB/CFF/FFS app

# Lists

• awesome-tuis: List of projects that provide terminal user interfaces
• My GitHub List

# Example

k9s, lazydocker, btop and lazygit

# TUIs in Omarchy

TUIs in Omarchy:

Source: Reddit

# Building TUIs

• With Python: Textual
• With Rust: Ratatui
• With GoLang: tview (built on tcell, provides rich widgets and layouts)

# Astetics

• Gum: A tool for glamorous shell scripts. Create by Charm Shell
• Bubbletea: A powerful little TUI framework
  Glamour: Stylesheet-based markdown rendering for your CLI apps

# Futher Reads

• (video) the world-wide-web, right from your terminal - YouTube
• Cool Projects

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Origin: Linux
References: Linux Commands