curses Terminal Tools
curses is a C library and the original library / toolkit for creating text-based user interfaces (TUIs) in a terminal, written by Ken Arnold in 1978.
It enables developers to build interactive applications with a variety of visual elements. A successor called ncurses extends the original curses library, developed to address some of its limitations and to provide additional functionalities, better cross platform support and maintainability.
Below is a list of terminal tools that are TUIs built with curses.
astroterm
A terminal-based star map.
A terminal-based star map.
btop
A terminal monitor of resources.
A terminal monitor of resources.
calcurse
A calendar and scheduling application for the command line.
A calendar and scheduling application for the command line.
cgdb
A curses (terminal-based) interface to the GNU Debugger (GDB)
A curses (terminal-based) interface to the GNU Debugger (GDB)
cmus
Small, fast and powerful console music player for Unix-like operating systems.
Small, fast and powerful console music player for Unix-like operating systems.
durdraw
Versatile ASCII and ANSI Art text editor for terminals.
Versatile ASCII and ANSI Art text editor for terminals.
emacs
The extensible, customizable, free/libre display editor.
The extensible, customizable, free/libre display editor.
irssi
A well known cross-platform and famous IRC client
A well known cross-platform and famous IRC client
musikcube
A cross-platform terminal-based music player
A cross-platform terminal-based music player
nemu
ncurses-based TUI for QEMU.
ncurses-based TUI for QEMU.
noping
A C library to generate ICMP echo requests with a visualization
A C library to generate ICMP echo requests with a visualization
ranger
A vim-inspired file manager for the console.
A vim-inspired file manager for the console.
slurm
Realtime traffic statistics for network interfaces
Realtime traffic statistics for network interfaces
typeinc
A cool ncurses based typing speed test tool.
A cool ncurses based typing speed test tool.
typespeed
Test your typing speed, and challenge your friends
Test your typing speed, and challenge your friends
vifm
A file manager with curses interface.
A file manager with curses interface.
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