TUIs

Last updated Feb 6, 2026 by Simon Späti

Modern application with a UI running in Terminals.

# Tools

posting - API Client like Postman: A modern API client that runs in the terminal.
- Neovim option: kulala.nvim
lazygit: Simple terminal UI for git commands, making version control more intuitive
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
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
k9s: Kubernetes CLI to manage and navigate clusters in your terminal
btop: Resource monitor that shows CPU, memory, processes, and network usage (CPU Monitoring (Resources) on Linux)
Pop Email: Modern CLI email client with a clean interface for sending emails from your terminal
- See more on Charm Shell.
Neomutt / Mutt: Feature-rich command line email client with powerful customization options
- msgvault: Analytics on top of emails by Wes McKinney
Chat in the terminal with open source Zulip: Official Zulip terminal client ^0c6e64
yazi: File manager like Ranger - Console File Manager. There is also lf
Bluesky on Bluesky
kplay: Inspect messages in a Kafka topic in a simple and deliberate manner
Bagels: Powerful expense tracker that lives in your terminal.
- Creates a config.yaml and uses SQLite
opencode: AI prompter like claude code
impala: TUI for managing wifi on Linux. ^4e20f0
calcure: Modern TUI calendar and task manager with minimal and customizable UI.
Newsboat: RSS Feeer in the terminal. More RSS Readers
Ticker: Track stocks, crypto, and derivatives prices and positions in real time from your terminal
wttr.in: The right way to check the weather
Browsh: Fully text-based browser.
circumflex : It’s HackerNews in your terminal. Example
S3 client TUI for Amazon: stu Example
- Better to use s3fs-fuse
SSH with a TUI: lazyssh: A terminal-based SSH manager inspired by lazydocker and k9s - Written in go.
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
bluetui: TUI for managing bluetooth on Linux. Similar to impala for Wifi.