# rockorager/libvaxis

a modern tui library written in zig

Repository: https://github.com/rockorager/libvaxis
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/libvaxis
Homepage: https://rockorager.github.io/libvaxis/
Language: Zig
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: tui, zig, zig-package
Last push: 2026-08-20T21:46:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 40, longevity 68
- inputs: {"age_days": 956, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": 659, "gap_med": 28, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1978, forks 153 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:01.514705+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: terminal-ui, gui, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: tui, zig, kitty-graphics-protocol, terminal-queries, widgets, event-loop, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- rockorager/libvaxis (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.514705+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 2026-08-30T03:04:45.333911+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rockorager/libvaxis (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.514705+00:00, sha a5c4a959301f)
  - homepage: https://rockorager.github.io/libvaxis/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:43:42.232237+00:00, sha d738005da8c8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.