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A MCP for controlling terminal UI apps built with bubbletea and ratatui

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so you can start vibe-coding your ad-hoc terminal dashboard. With session replay and mouse click support built-in.

HN · launched Jan 11, 2026 · 8 upvotes (top 58%) · 0 views

Niche: model context protocol tools · 465 launches, 13 in the last 7 days ▼ -24% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Dev tools
  • Developer
  • AI feature
  • Hobby / open-source project

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Could you build this?

Yes This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that interfaces with a pseudo-terminal (PTY) session to inspect TUI output and send input events, well within vibe-coding capabilities.

Discussion

2 comments analyzed.

Competitors mentioned: Ratatui

Feature requests: UI test backends, Ratatui backends for component trees and window dumps

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 44 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #27 of 45 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 60 days after the earliest competitor.

  • Apple Music TUI · ph · 2026-10-24 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.43
  • Giggles · hn · 2026-03-03 · 23 upvotes · similarity 0.40
  • orbit · github · 2026-10-15 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.40
  • VibeRes · ph · 2026-10-20 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.39
  • Acornix · ph · 2026-10-24 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.39
  • VibeZ · ph · 2026-10-01 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.38
  • Catnap · ph · 2026-09-13 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.36
  • orzma · hn · 2026-07-06 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.36

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