# Julien-cpsn/desktop-tui

A desktop environment without graphics

Repository: https://github.com/Julien-cpsn/desktop-tui
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/desktop-tui
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-03-01T18:17:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 70, release rhythm 72, longevity 25
- inputs: {"age_days": 362, "days_push": 185, "days_rel": 185, "gap_med": 2.5, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1209, forks 30 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:59.876986+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: terminal-ui, gui, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications
- platform: windows, rust, cli, cross-platform
- tags: tui, desktop-environment, window-manager, tmux-like, rust, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- Julien-cpsn/desktop-tui (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.876986+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:18:33.523128+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Julien-cpsn/desktop-tui (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:59.876986+00:00, sha 120745906516)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/desktop-tui (fetched 2026-08-29T12:26:13.281116+00:00, sha 7d46b9e65e99)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.