ncurses Terminal Tools
ncurses, is a C programming library, facilitates crafting text-based user interfaces within terminals, it is an extension of the original curses library.
It provides capabilities for handling windows, colors, and keyboard inputs, enabling intricate terminal-based interfaces.
Below are a list of terminal tools that developers use for developing TUIs with ncurses.
astroterm
A terminal-based star map.
A terminal-based star map.
bmon
Bandwidth monitor and rate estimator
Bandwidth monitor and rate estimator
btop
A terminal monitor of resources.
A terminal monitor of resources.
byobu
Text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer
Text-based window manager and terminal multiplexer
calcurse
A calendar and scheduling application for the command line.
A calendar and scheduling application for the command line.
cava
Cross-platform Audio Visualizer for Alsa
Cross-platform Audio Visualizer for Alsa
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.
endcord
A feature rich Discord TUI client.
A feature rich Discord TUI client.
fnc
interactive text-based user interface for Fossil
interactive text-based user interface for Fossil
glances
A cross platform top/htop alternative in python.
A cross platform top/htop alternative in python.
goaccess
a real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer.
a real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer.
grv
A Git Repository Viewer.
A Git Repository Viewer.
hnterm
Hacker News in the terminal.
Hacker News in the terminal.
htop
An interactive process viewer.
An interactive process viewer.
irssi
A well known cross-platform and famous IRC client
A well known cross-platform and famous IRC client
lnav
An ncurses-based log file viewer for the terminal.
An ncurses-based log file viewer for the terminal.
ly
A lightweight TUI (ncurses-like) display manager.
A lightweight TUI (ncurses-like) display manager.
lynx
A TUI based web browser.
A TUI based web browser.
mandown
man-page inspired Markdown viewer.
man-page inspired Markdown viewer.
mc
Midnight Commander, a feature-rich visual file manager for the terminal.
Midnight Commander, a feature-rich visual file manager for the terminal.
mdp
A command-line based markdown presentation tool
A command-line based markdown presentation tool
moc
A music player with a terminal user interface (TUI)
A music player with a terminal user interface (TUI)
musikcube
A cross-platform terminal-based music player
A cross-platform terminal-based music player
ncdu
A ncurses based disk usage analyzer
A ncurses based disk usage analyzer
ncgopher
An ncurses Gopher and Gemini client for the modern internet.
An ncurses Gopher and Gemini client for the modern internet.
ncspot
A cross-platform ncurses Spotify client.
A cross-platform ncurses Spotify client.
nemu
ncurses-based TUI for QEMU.
ncurses-based TUI for QEMU.
newsboat
An open-source RSS/Atom feed reader for text terminals
An open-source RSS/Atom feed reader for text terminals
nnn
The missing terminal file manager for X
The missing terminal file manager for X
noping
A C library to generate ICMP echo requests with a visualization
A C library to generate ICMP echo requests with a visualization
nvtop
NVIDIA GPUs htop like monitoring tool
NVIDIA GPUs htop like monitoring tool
opencubicplayer
a text-based audio player with some few graphical views.
a text-based audio player with some few graphical views.
sc-im
An ncurses spreadsheet program for terminal
An ncurses spreadsheet program for terminal
slurm
Realtime traffic statistics for network interfaces
Realtime traffic statistics for network interfaces
sntop
A simple network top for monitoring connectivity
A simple network top for monitoring connectivity
so
A terminal interface for Stack Overflow.
A terminal interface for Stack Overflow.
tig
A text-mode interface for Git.
A text-mode interface for Git.
tmux
An open-source terminal multiplexer.
An open-source terminal multiplexer.
toolong
A terminal application to view, tail, merge, and search log files (plus JSONL).
A terminal application to view, tail, merge, and search log files (plus JSONL).
ttyplot
A realtime terminal plotting utility with data input from stdin.
A realtime terminal plotting utility with data input from stdin.
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
vim
The ubiquitous text editor
The ubiquitous text editor
w3m
A pager and/or text-based browser.
A pager and/or text-based browser.
weechat
The extensible chat client
The extensible chat client
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