bczsalba/pytermgui

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2671 stars · 62 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

PyTermGUI is a Python framework for building terminal user interfaces (TUIs) with mouse support, a modular widget system, a window manager, and a terminal markup language called TIM. The project is now archived and no longer in development, though its releases and documentation remain available under the MIT license.

Use cases

• build a terminal app with mouse support in python
• create tui widgets and windows in the terminal
• style terminal text with a markup language
• make a terminal clock or dashboard app
• take svg or html screenshots of terminal output
• pretty-print python objects in the repl
• build a modal dialog system in the terminal

When to choose

• you want a modern, pythonic alternative to curses for terminal apps
• you need mouse support and a widget/window system out of the box
• you want expressive terminal text styling with aliases and macros
• you are okay maintaining a fork yourself since the project is archived

When to avoid

• you need a framework with active development and community support
• you must support legacy Windows Console Host (conhost) with full ANSI features
• you need long-term stability guarantees for production software
• you prefer a TUI library with a larger ecosystem like textual

Facets

framework · maturity abandoned

ui-components developer-tools terminal-ui developer-tools cross-platform python windows cross-platform cli tui terminal-user-interface ansi-escape-sequences mouse-support markup-language widget-system window-manager archived command-line linux macos

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