urwid/urwid
Console user interface library for Python (official repo) observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 7.0
- age_days: 6033
- days_rel: 8
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 21
Adoption not part of the score
3016 stars · 340 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Urwid is a console user interface (TUI) library for Python providing widgets, text layout, and multiple event loop integrations for building text-mode applications. It supports UTF-8, CJK encodings, true color, and runs on Unix-like systems with partial Windows 10+ support.
Use cases
- build a terminal user interface in python
- create interactive console apps with widgets
- make a tui file manager or dashboard
- handle keyboard and mouse input in a terminal app
- build a fullscreen text-mode application with asyncio
- render colored text and lists in the terminal
When to choose
- you need a mature, feature-rich TUI library for Python on Linux/macOS
- you want flexible event loop choices like asyncio, trio, or Twisted
- you need Unicode, CJK, and true-color terminal support
When to avoid
- you need full Windows support or web-based UIs
- you are building a graphical desktop application
- you prefer a simpler immediate-mode TUI approach
Facets
library · maturity stable
ui-components terminal-ui gui developer-tools cross-platform windows python cli tui curses console-ui widgets event-loop command-line linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/urwid/urwid · fetched 2026-08-28 · 5fcf853255a6
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| urwid/urwid | main | 99 |
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