Julien-cpsn/desktop-tui

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1209 stars · 30 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Desktop-TUI is a terminal-based desktop environment written in Rust that lets you run, tile, move, and resize text-mode application windows without any graphics. It uses TOML shortcut files to define apps, commands, and window options in a tmux-like interface.

Use cases

• run a desktop environment entirely in the terminal
• tile and manage terminal app windows like tmux
• launch apps from configurable shortcut files
• use a lightweight window manager without a graphical server
• pick a file or folder path as a command argument from a TUI dialog

When to choose

• you want a graphical-free desktop experience in a terminal
• you prefer tmux-style window management for desktop apps
• you want a lightweight, hackable Rust TUI to fork and customize

When to avoid

• you need a production-ready desktop environment
• you require GUI applications or graphics rendering
• you expect polished, stable software - the author explicitly calls it a 2-day experimental project

Facets

application · maturity experimental

terminal-ui gui cli developer-tools developer-tools desktop-applications windows rust cli cross-platform tui desktop-environment window-manager tmux-like rust command-line linux macos

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