paulwratt/tui-week

text based terminal "OS" apps

TUI Week Ideas

After compiling, installing, and working with alot of TUI and CLI software over the past several months, here is a curated list of stuff I like. Most of these will work on Linux, BSD, Mac or Windows. That was part of my selection process. Feel free to explore. Enjoy your TUI experience.

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System Software

Category	Name	link	Descrption
Bluetooth	Bluetuith	https://github.com/darkhz/bluetuith	A TUI-based bluetooth connection manager which can interact with bluetooth adapters and devices.
Desktop	VTM	https://github.com/netxs-group/vtm	A mouse controlled, TUI based desktop environment.
Display Manager	QDM	https://github.com/yobleck/qdm	A terminal user interface(TUI) display/login manager written in Python.
Log Analyzer	GoAccess	https://github.com/allinurl/goaccess	GoAccess is an open source real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal
System Monitor	Bottom	https://github.com/ClementTsang/bottom	A customizable cross-platform graphical process/system monitor for the terminal.
WiFi	NMTui	https://networkmanager.dev/docs/admins/	Text User Interface for controlling NetworkManager (Part of Gnome Network manager)
Window Manager	BYOBU	https://www.byobu.org/	A keyboard controlled, open source, TUI window manager and terminal multiplexer.
Window Manager	Zellij	https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij	Workspace termianl multiplexer similar to tmux and screen, but this is merely its infrastructure layer.

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Filesystem

Category	Name	link	Descrption
File Manager	Broot	https://dystroy.org/broot/	A powerful, intuitive, and stable way to navigate directories.
File Manager	Ranger	https://github.com/ranger/ranger	A standard TUI file manager with VIM keybindings and mime detection.
File Manager	TuiFI	https://github.com/GiorgosXou/TUIFIManager	Mouse driven TUU file manager
File Manager	Xplr	https://githublab.com/repository/sayanarijit/xplr	A hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer.
File Finder	UGrep	https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep	Blazing fast, interatice GREP.
Find and Edit	Sad	https://github.com/ms-jpq/sad	A Batch File Edit tool that's like an interactive version of SED.
File Recovery	RecoveryPy	https://github.com/PabloLec/recoverpy	RecoverPy is a powerful tool that leverages your system capabilities to recover lost files.

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Office and Productivity

Category	Name	link	Descrption
Calendar	Calcure	https://github.com/anufrievroman/calcure	Modern TUI calendar and task manager with customizable interface
Data Visualizer	Visidata	https://github.com/saulpw/visidata	A terminal interface for exploring and arranging tabular data.
Diagrams	Askii	https://githublab.com/repository/nytopop/askii	Mouse controlled TUI based ASCII diagram editor.
Passwords	PW Manager	https://github.com/ma3103yd-s/pwmanager_tui	A local only, fully fearured, encrypted, terminal based password manager
Spreadsheet	SC	https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im	Spreadsheet Calculator Improvised, aka sc-im, is an ncurses based, vim-like spreadsheet calculator.
Word Processor	Nice Editor	https://github.com/vigna/ne	FOSS TUI text editor with a toolbar (press esc - esc) that is still being maintained.
Word Processor	Tilde	https://os.ghalkes.nl/tilde/	A TUI text editor which provides an intuitive interface for people accustomed to GUI environments.
Word Processor	Wordgrinder	https://cowlark.com/wordgrinder/index.html	WordGrinder is a Unicode-aware character cell word processor that runs in a terminal.

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Coding

Category	Name	link	Descrption
Code Editor	Helix	https://github.com/helix-editor/helix	A Kakoune / Neovim inspired editor, written in Rust.
Code Editor	Kakoune	https://kakoune.org	Modal editor · Faster as in fewer keystrokes · Multiple selections · Orthogonal design
Database	DBlab	https://github.com/danvergara/dblab	Interactive client for PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQLite3.
Database	Q	https://github.com/harelba/q	Perform SQL-like statements directly on CSVs and SQLite
Docker	LazyDocker	https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker	A simple terminal UI for both docker and docker-compose
Git	GiTUI	https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui	Fully featured TUI git client right in your terminal.

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Multimedia

Category	Name	link	Descrption
Pixel Editor	CmdPxl	https://github.com/knosmos/cmdpxl	A mouse driven, TUI pixel image editor.
Music Player	MusicPlayer+	https://github.com/doctorfree/MusicPlayerPlus	A very opinionated, feature rich, TUI music player.
Music Player	TerMusic	https://github.com/tramhao/termusic	Listen to music freely as both in freedom and free of charge!
Radio	PyRadio	https://github.com/coderholic/pyradio	Command line internet radio player using MPV or Mplayer.
Video	ASCII Player	https://github.com/PK-cod3ch3mist/ASCII-Media-Player	A python program that creates ASCII graphics from images and videos.

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Online

Category	Name	link	Descrption
Email	Mutt	https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt	Fully featured, classic terminal email client.
Passwords	BitWarden	https://bitwarden.com/help/cli/	A powerful, fully-featured tool for accessing and managing your vault.
RSS/Feeds	Russ	https://github.com/ckampfe/russ	Russ is a TUI RSS/Atom reader with vim-like controls and a local-first, offline-first focus.
Stock Ticker	Tickrs	https://github.com/tarkah/tickrs	Yahoo! Finance source real time market ticker.
Messaging	Discordo	https://github.com/ayntgl/discordo	Discordo is a lightweight, secure, and feature-rich Discord terminal client.
Messaging	NChat	https://github.com/d99kris/nchat	TUI Telegram client for Linux and macOS.
Messaging	Twitch-TUI	https://github.com/Xithrius/twitch-tui	Twitch chat in the terminal.
YouTube	YTfzf	https://github.com/pystardust/ytfzf	Script / TUI that helps you find Youtube or Odysee videos. Opens/downloads them using mpv/youtube-dl.
Web Browser	Browsh	https://github.com/browsh-org/browsh	A fully interactive, real-time, and modern text-based browser rendered to TTYs and browsers.
Web Browser	Links	http://links.twibright.com/	Links is a web browser running in both graphics and text mode.

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Games

Category	Name	link	Descrption
Arcade	Ascii Patrol	https://github.com/msokalski/ascii-patrol	Moon patrol in colorful, ascii glory
Arcade	Invaders	https://github.com/mattdowdell/invaders	Classic space invaders in the terminal.
Arcade	Tetris	https://github.com/samtay/tetris	Classic block stacking game.
Arcade	Gorched Earth	https://github.com/zladovan/gorched	Scortched Earth tank game in the terminal
Casual	Pokete	https://github.com/lxgr-linux/pokete	Pokete is a small terminal based game in the style of a very popular and old game.
Casual	Tuidoku	https://github.com/flyingpeakock/tuidoku	Simple ncurses program to play sudoku in the terminal written entirely in C++.
Casual	Wordle TUI	https://githublab.com/repository/frostming/wordle-tui	Annoying but fun mobile word guessing game.
Dungeon	Angband	https://github.com/angband/angband	A terminal dungeon adventure game in the vein of Rogue.
Dungeon	Dwarf Fortress	https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/	Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy game set in a presistent, random world.