mikaelmello/inquire

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2621 stars · 111 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

inquire is a Rust library for building interactive terminal prompts, offering prompt types like Text, Select, MultiSelect, Confirm, Password, DateSelect, and Editor. It is cross-platform (UNIX and Windows), supports multiple terminal backends (crossterm, termion, console), and allows fine-grained customization of themes, validators, formatters, and autocompletion.

Use cases

• ask user to select an option from a list in a rust cli
• build interactive yes/no confirmation prompts in the terminal
• prompt for password input without echoing in a command-line tool
• add fuzzy autocompletion to text input in a cli app
• create a multi-select checkbox prompt in rust
• let users pick a date via an interactive calendar in the terminal
• collect user input for a cli questionnaire or wizard

When to choose

• you are writing a Rust CLI and need polished interactive prompts
• you need multiple prompt types (select, multiselect, confirm, password, date) from one library
• you want cross-platform terminal support with a choice of backend (crossterm, termion, console)
• you need customizable themes, validators, formatters, and autocompletion

When to avoid

• you need a full TUI framework with windows, panels, and event loops rather than simple prompts
• your project is not in Rust
• you only need simple positional arguments or flags parsed from the command line
• you need prompts in a GUI or web application

Facets

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cli terminal-ui developer-tools developer-tools cross-platform rust windows cli interactive-prompts tui user-input crossterm select-prompt password-prompt autocompletion command-line linux macos

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