rockorager/libvaxis

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1978 stars · 153 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

libvaxis is a modern terminal user interface (TUI) library written in Zig that detects terminal capabilities via queries instead of terminfo. It offers both a low-level cell-control API and a high-level Flutter-like widget framework (vxfw) with support for modern terminal protocols like Kitty keyboard, images, and synchronized output.

Use cases

• build a tui app in zig
• render images in the terminal with kitty graphics protocol
• create a text ui with widgets and an event loop
• write a cross-platform terminal application
• use modern terminal features like hyperlinks and bracketed paste
• build a flutter-style tui framework app

When to choose

• you are writing a TUI application in Zig
• you need modern terminal protocol support (Kitty keyboard, graphics, OSC 8 hyperlinks) without terminfo
• you want both low-level cell control and a higher-level widget framework
• you need cross-platform support including Windows

When to avoid

• you are not using Zig
• you need a mature ecosystem with many third-party widgets and examples
• you need terminfo-based compatibility with very old terminals

Facets

library · maturity active

terminal-ui gui developer-tools developer-tools cross-platform windows cross-platform cli tui zig kitty-graphics-protocol terminal-queries widgets event-loop command-line linux macos

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