# marcusolsson/tui-go

A UI library for terminal applications.

Repository: https://github.com/marcusolsson/tui-go
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tui-go
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: terminal, ui, terminal-app, tui
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-10-12T20:26:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3576, "days_push": 1786, "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 2111, forks 118 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:14.295068+00:00)

## What it is
tui-go is a Go library for building rich, layout-based terminal user interfaces, inspired by Qt's programming model. It is no longer maintained; the author recommends rivo/tview as an alternative.

## Use cases
- build terminal user interfaces in go
- create layout-based tui apps
- handle terminal resizing gracefully
- make a chat-like terminal ui
- learn terminal ui programming in go

## When to choose
- you want a Qt-like widget/layout model for a Go TUI
- you're doing experiments or learning projects

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained library - use rivo/tview instead
- you're building production software
- you need long-term support or bug fixes

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: terminal-ui, ui-components, gui
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: go, cli, cross-platform
- tags: tui, terminal-app, layout, unmaintained, command-line

## Member repositories
- marcusolsson/tui-go (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:14.295068+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 2026-08-30T02:53:43.836016+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/marcusolsson/tui-go (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:14.295068+00:00, sha 0f8ef438449e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.