redox-os/termion

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

Termion is a pure Rust, bindless library for low-level terminal handling, manipulation, and information reading, providing a full-featured alternative to Termbox. It talks directly to the TTY without wrapping ncurses or other libraries, generating ANSI escape sequences through a clean, expressive API.

Use cases

• build terminal user interfaces in Rust without ncurses
• read raw keyboard and mouse input from the TTY
• manipulate terminal cursor position and colors via ANSI escapes
• switch to alternate screen buffer and raw mode
• query terminal size and attributes
• write cross-platform ANSI terminal applications on Linux, macOS, and BSD

When to choose

• you want a lightweight, dependency-free Rust terminal library
• you need low-level control over TTY behavior and escape sequences
• you are building a TUI framework or CLI tool from scratch
• you want a Termbox alternative in pure Rust

When to avoid

• you need a high-level TUI framework with widgets and layout
• you are building a GUI application rather than a terminal one
• you need Windows console API support beyond ANSI terminals
• you prefer batteries-included libraries like crossterm with broader platform support

Facets

library · maturity stable

terminal-ui developer-tools developer-tools cross-platform windows rust cli tty ansi-escapes tui bindless redox command-line linux macos

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