terminal user interface tools
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Terminal user interface tools provide text-based dashboards, interactive applications, and development frameworks that operate entirely within the command line. They are built for developers, system administrators, and power users who prefer keyboard-driven workflows without leaving their terminal environment. Unlike basic command line utilities or full graphical desktop apps, these products combine structured visual layouts, menus, and real-time monitoring directly in the console.
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Members
| Name | Source | Upvotes ▼ | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|
| CometixCode | GITHUB | 533 | 2026-09-20 |
| Terminal UI for AWS | HN | 390 | 2026-01-04 |
| world-execute-me-dsh-pv | GITHUB | 337 | 2026-09-29 |
| RatatuiRuby wraps Rust Ratatui as a RubyGem | HN | 152 | 2026-01-17 |
| TUI for managing XDG default applications | HN | 138 | 2026-01-25 |
| terrahour | GITHUB | 129 | 2026-10-01 |
| Hntui | HN | 112 | 2026-09-28 |
| Gridland: make terminal apps that also run in the browser | HN | 111 | 2026-03-24 |
| nix-graph | GITHUB | 92 | 2026-09-10 |
| K10s | HN | 69 | 2026-10-08 |
| Gotui | HN | 49 | 2025-12-11 |
| Spacelist, a TUI for Aerospace window manager | HN | 45 | 2025-12-26 |
| Sigwire | HN | 45 | 2026-07-13 |
| ghostty-config | GITHUB | 36 | 2026-09-27 |
| tinydesk | GITHUB | 34 | 2026-09-27 |
| pixeltop | GITHUB | 33 | 2026-09-29 |
| oeis-tui | HN | 31 | 2025-11-29 |
| kernwatch | GITHUB | 29 | 2026-09-11 |
| bee-gee | GITHUB | 28 | 2026-09-13 |
| HUD, an open-source minimal terminal UI for ClaudeCode, Codex, OpenCode | HN | 26 | 2026-08-05 |
| Grafana TUI | HN | 24 | 2026-03-27 |
| Giggles | HN | 23 | 2026-03-03 |
| proxhawk-tui | GITHUB | 23 | 2026-10-06 |
| FrankenTUI in the Browser | HN | 22 | 2026-02-12 |
| Concord | HN | 21 | 2026-05-29 |
| Courtside | HN | 19 | 2026-06-05 |
| TermDOM | HN | 18 | 2026-08-11 |
| tui-design | GITHUB | 16 | 2026-10-04 |
| fadescii | GITHUB | 15 | 2026-09-13 |
| agy-powerline | GITHUB | 15 | 2026-10-11 |
| Toad. A unified terminal UI for coding agents | HN | 14 | 2025-12-18 |
| tanim | GITHUB | 14 | 2026-09-27 |
| Pvm | HN | 14 | 2026-04-18 |
| daily-dev-tui | GITHUB | 14 | 2026-10-07 |
| pokemon-slowdown | GITHUB | 13 | 2026-09-20 |
| tmux-scrollable | GITHUB | 12 | 2026-10-03 |
| dsh-whale-sway | GITHUB | 12 | 2026-09-29 |
| Azure DevOps TUI Management Style | HN | 11 | 2026-06-16 |
| Virtui | HN | 11 | 2026-03-31 |
| cornercase-terminal | GITHUB | 10 | 2026-10-03 |
| Concord | HN | 10 | 2026-06-05 |
| sclide | GITHUB | 10 | 2026-10-06 |
| HTML, CSS and JavaScript in the Terminal | HN | 9 | 2026-07-13 |
| devin-tui | GITHUB | 9 | 2026-09-25 |
| linecast | HN | 9 | 2026-08-23 |
| kakao-in-codex | GITHUB | 9 | 2026-10-07 |
| sap-lsd | GITHUB | 8 | 2026-09-12 |
| Ember | GITHUB | 8 | 2026-09-10 |
| sap-tui | GITHUB | 8 | 2026-09-12 |
| Ktop | HN | 8 | 2026-02-10 |