# AlecAivazis/survey

A golang library for building interactive and accessible prompts with full support for windows and posix terminals.

Repository: https://github.com/AlecAivazis/survey
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/survey
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: cli, interactive, prompt, golang, command-line, windows, unix
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-04-07T12:46:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3594, "days_push": 878, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4105, forks 347 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:35.624875+00:00)

## What it is
A Go library for building interactive and accessible terminal prompts (input, select, multi-select, confirm, etc.) with support for Windows and POSIX terminals. The project is no longer maintained, with Bubble Tea suggested as an alternative.

## Use cases
- build interactive cli prompts in go
- ask users questions from a command line tool
- create select menus and confirmations in a terminal app
- collect validated user input into a struct
- build cross-platform interactive command line wizards

## When to choose
- you need a simple, well-documented prompt library for a Go CLI
- you must support both Windows and POSIX terminals
- you want struct-tag based answer binding with type conversion

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained library - it is abandoned
- you want rich TUI layouts beyond simple prompts - consider Bubble Tea
- you are starting a new Go project needing long-term support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: go, cli, cross-platform, windows
- tags: interactive-prompts, terminal-ui, ansi-escape-sequences, unmaintained, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- AlecAivazis/survey (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:35.624875+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 2026-08-29T18:23:14.339640+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/AlecAivazis/survey (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:35.624875+00:00, sha 2de80b94308b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.