What is this?
Gocui is a minimalist Go package for building Console User Interfaces — text-mode apps that run in the terminal, with windows, keybindings and mouse support.
Gocui is a minimalist Go package for building Console User Interfaces — text-mode apps that run in the terminal, with windows, keybindings and mouse support.So is it a program I run, or a library I build my own app with?It's a library, not a ready-made program: you import it into your Go project and use its minimalist API to compose your own terminal UI.
It's a library, not a ready-made program: you import it into your Go project and use its minimalist API to compose your own terminal UI.How do I add it to a project?Run go get github.com/jroimartin/gocui and import it like any other Go package — nothing else to install beyond the Go toolchain. The full reference docs are on pkg.go.dev.
Run go get github.com/jroimartin/gocui and import it like any other Go package — nothing else to install beyond the Go toolchain. The full reference docs are on pkg.go.dev.How does it structure a UI — what are 'views'?Views are its building blocks, the equivalent of windows in a GUI. Each view implements io.ReadWriter, so you read user input from it and write output to it like a file, and views can overlap each other.
Views are its building blocks, the equivalent of windows in a GUI. Each view implements io.ReadWriter, so you read user input from it and write output to it like a file, and views can overlap each other.Can apps built with it react to keyboard and mouse?Yes — keybindings can be registered globally or per view, and mouse input is supported. Rendered text can be colored, and the text editing mode is customizable.
Yes — keybindings can be registered globally or per view, and mouse input is supported. Rendered text can be colored, and the text editing mode is customizable.Can I change the UI while the app is running?Yes. The GUI can be modified at runtime and this is concurrent-safe, so it stays consistent even when several parts of your program touch it at once.
Yes. The GUI can be modified at runtime and this is concurrent-safe, so it stays consistent even when several parts of your program touch it at once.How mature is gocui?It has been around since 2014 and collected over 10,000 GitHub stars, making it a long-established option for terminal UIs in Go. It is distributed under the permissive BSD-3-Clause license.
It has been around since 2014 and collected over 10,000 GitHub stars, making it a long-established option for terminal UIs in Go. It is distributed under the permissive BSD-3-Clause license.Which topics is it in?mouse, widgets, keyboard, lightweight, concurrency, tui, bsd, developers, ui, go, gui, free
mouse, widgets, keyboard, lightweight, concurrency, tui, bsd, developers, ui, go, gui, free