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blingful character graphics/TUI library. definitely not curses.

48 mentions on Hacker News by 30 people: 11 stories, 37 comments · first 2019-12-10 · latest 2026-02-18

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  1. …now old and no longer 31337 ... alas ...) For my ncurses brothers, saw this but have not used yet: https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses For my plan9 brothers: one day we will have a new acme, written in common lisp and displaying all…
    comment by urmane · 2026-02-18 · in Terminals should generate the 256-color palette
  2. notcurses is probably the best option for getting the best you can out of a random terminal (see https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/blob/master/TERMIN... which details the status of most terminals people use), but the main thing is…
    comment by aragilar · 2025-12-16 · in Chafa: Terminal Graphics for the 21st Century
  3. …professional (power) users I suggest a TUI with the venerable ncurses . Or notcurses . Notcurses: https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses . Demo of Ncurses (For the lulz): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcjkezf1ARY
    comment by ho_schi · 2024-06-30 · in Writing GUI apps for Windows is painful
  4. …reminds me of Nick Black's Notcurses library. https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Notcurses https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses
    comment by buildsjets · 2024-05-28 · in TTE: Terminal Text Effects
  5. Other TUI libraries of note: https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/blob/master/doc/OT...
    comment by emmanueloga_ · 2023-05-31 · in Play DOOM in Teletext
  6. …the interesting things it does. [1] https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Notcurses , https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/ [2] https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Libtorque
    comment by mananaysiempre · 2023-05-22 · in Io uring
  7. …b.com/wez/wezterm/issues/217#issuecomment-86449... [2] https://github.com/hackerb9/lsix/issues/41 [3] https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/issues/1782 [4] https://github.com/arakiken/mlterm/pull/23 [5]…
    comment by mananaysiempre · 2023-05-14 · in Are We Sixel Yet
  8. Maybe give Notcurses a look: https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses
    comment by michaelsbradley · 2023-05-09 · in Ink: React for interactive command-line apps
  9. It can. See, for example, Notcurses: https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses#readme Demo: https://youtu.be/dcjkezf1ARY
    comment by michaelsbradley · 2023-01-28 · in Forking Chrome to render in a terminal
  10. …a bit, but the book is still a nice resource. [1] https://nick-black.com/htp-notcurses.pdf [2] https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses#readme
    comment by michaelsbradley · 2022-12-28 · in A Guide to the Terminal, Console, and Shell
  11. notcurses: https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses The guy is a literal genius, I hope to forget half the stuff he knows. Also Fabrice Bellard (ffmpeg/qemu) and Inigo Quilez.
    comment by ranger_danger · 2022-11-01 · in Ask HN: What piece of code/codebase blew your mind when you saw it?
  12. …0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixel 1: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/graphics-protocol/ 2: https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses - https://hn.algolia.com/?q=notcurses
    comment by emmanueloga_ · 2022-09-16 · in Best command-line-only video games (2019)
  13. …far as I know you'll still have to write a program for terminal applications. Check out NotCurses ( https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses ) for some nifty functionality (including pictures!)
    comment by msmenardi · 2022-06-02 · in Ask HN: Are there any high-level TUI tools?
  14. Make sure to check out Notcurses! https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses#readme demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcjkezf1ARY
    comment by michaelsbradley · 2022-05-17 · in Everything you ever wanted to know about terminals
  15. Might be closer than you think... Check out Notcurses. https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses Here's a demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcjkezf1ARY
    comment by depingus · 2022-05-16 · in Candlelit Console patch set to the OpenBSD framebuffer console
  16. …show them even in terminals that don't support sixels. If you find such things interesting, check https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/issues/1223 and the notcurses project: a great introduction is…
    comment by csdvrx · 2022-05-15 · in How many colors are too many colors for Windows Terminal?
  17. How about Notcurses? https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses#readme demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcjkezf1ARY
    comment by michaelsbradley · 2022-05-11 · in Bubble Tea: fun, functional and stateful way to build terminal apps
  18. …is an awesome dude bringing back the demoscene vibes. https://piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=dcjkezf1ARY https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses
    comment by 3np · 2022-03-17 · in TUIs
  19. …Anyone wanting to code pretty things for the terminal is strongly advised to check out notcurses: https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses . Nick is brilliant and awesome. It's in C, and very fast. Goodbye, Hacker News.
    comment by AutumnMeowMeow · 2022-02-07 · in Show HN: Java TUI framework with sixel image support
  20. While perhaps a bit more raw, if you’re interested in next gen CLIs and TUIs, see also Notcurses: https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses#readme https://youtu.be/dcjkezf1ARY https://notcurses.com/ https://nick-black.com/htp-notcurses.pdf
    comment by michaelsbradley · 2022-01-24 · in Charm – Tools to make the command line glamorous
  21. Check out notcurses: https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses
    comment by mprovost · 2022-01-22 · in Audio Sparklines
  22. The author of Notcurses released version 3.0.0 several days ago, a ton of work went into that! https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/releases/tag/v3.0....
    comment by michaelsbradley · 2021-12-05 · in Hacking the planet with Notcurses: a guide to TUIs (2020) [pdf]
  23. …of related info and history throughout its pages. [1] https://nick-black.com/htp-notcurses.pdf [2] https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses#readme
    comment by michaelsbradley · 2021-11-02 · in Anatomy of a Terminal Emulator
  24. …a terminal supporting the kitty graphics protocol is sex , just like the program itself says. [0] https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses
    comment by saladuh · 2021-10-05 · in Show HN: Sixel-tmux displays graphics even if your terminal has no Sixel support
  25. …cares? i'm glad you asked, as i'm hella proud of this entire system. you can check the code at: https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/blob/master/src/li... and https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/blob/master/src/li... i mean,…
    comment by dankamongmen · 2021-09-08 · in Notcurses 2.4
  26. …[0] https://saitoha.github.io/libsixel/ [1] https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/graphics-protocol/ [2] https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses
    comment by MontyCarloHall · 2021-08-30 · in Nvui: A NeoVim GUI written in C++ and Qt
  27. …https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code#Colors Other libraries: # C, C++, Python and Rust https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses # Python, more polished presentation - but I cannot judge the technical foundation…
    comment by ho_schi · 2021-08-30 · in Writing Programs with Ncurses
  28. …of related info and history throughout its pages. [1] https://nick-black.com/htp-notcurses.pdf [2] https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses#readme
    comment by michaelsbradley · 2021-08-11 · in ANSI Escape Codes
  29. …https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ // classic https://github.com/willmcgugan/rich // blingbling https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses // hacker For the old stuff I recommend looking close at airports, savings-banks or part-dealers.…
    comment by ho_schi · 2021-06-08 · in Notepad++ v8 release
  30. Say hello to notcurses: https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses demo: https://youtube.com/watch?v=dcjkezf1ARY
    comment by michaelsbradley · 2021-06-05 · in Ftxui: C++ Functional Terminal User Interface
  31. Not a terminal, but might be of interest: https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses
    comment by meshenna · 2021-05-05 · in MapSCII – The Whole World in Your Console
  32. …atop Terminfo. It's made in C, with C++, Python & Rust wrappers. [0] https://notcurses.com/ [1] https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses
    comment by joseluis · 2021-02-16 · in Building Rich Terminal Dashboards
  33. notcurses - https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses
    comment by jakobdabo · 2020-09-08 · in Ask HN: Recommendations for Good TUI Libraries (Text User Interface)?
  34. …works a treat on a bunch of different platforms. It's just a pity the language is so terrible. [0] https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/issues/711
    comment by MaxBarraclough · 2020-08-18 · in Allowing CMake functions to return(value)
  35. …really well for the old school terminal stuff from decades ago, which was easier said that done. https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses See also Cosmopolitan, which is more focused on the use case: "All I want is stdio and math; how can…
    comment by jart · 2020-06-20 · in Rediscovering the beauty of text on the internet
  36. Thanks, I've added CPPurses to the Notcurses OTHERS.md file: https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/blob/master/OTHERS... Taking a quick look, I don't want to besmirch anyone else's efforts, and both of these projects look great.…
    comment by dankamongmen · 2020-06-04 · in Hacking the Planet With Notcurses: A Guide to TUIs and Character Graphics [pdf]
  37. A friend of mine built this, and I feel the need to promote it: https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses There are Rust and C++ bindings, and it performs some truly ridiculous TUI tricks.
    comment by billjings · 2020-04-22 · in Show HN: Desed – Debugger for Sed