gdamore/tcell
Tcell is an alternate terminal package, similar in some ways to termbox, but better in others. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 2.0
- age_days: 3993
- days_rel: 13
- days_push: 9
- n_releases_24m: 31
Adoption not part of the score
5216 stars · 372 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Tcell is a pure Go library providing a cell-based view for text terminals, inspired by termbox but with more features and portability. It enables building terminal user interfaces without CGO across Linux, macOS, Windows, and WebAssembly.
Use cases
- build a TUI application in Go
- render colored text and styles in the terminal
- handle keyboard and mouse input in a terminal app
- create a full-screen terminal dashboard
- replace termbox with a more portable Go terminal library
- draw cell-based UIs in a terminal emulator like XTerm
When to avoid
- you need a web-based UI rather than a text terminal
- you are not programming in Go
- you need a high-level widget framework rather than a low-level cell buffer
Facets
library · maturity stable
terminal-ui developer-tools gui developer-tools cross-platform windows wasm go tui termbox-alternative text-terminals pure-go command-line linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/gdamore/tcell · fetched 2026-08-28 · 791ee193315f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| gdamore/tcell | main | 99 |
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