vadimdemedes/ink

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39741 stars · 1040 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Ink is a React renderer for building interactive command-line apps using components and hooks. It leverages Yoga to provide Flexbox layout in the terminal, so developers familiar with React can build CLIs with the same component-based experience.

Use cases

• build an interactive CLI with React components
• create terminal UIs with flexbox layouts
• render dynamic updating output like progress counters in the terminal
• build developer tools like Claude Code or Wrangler CLIs
• reuse React knowledge and hooks to write command-line apps
• test CLI output using components

When to choose

• you already know React and want to build a CLI
• you need component-based, interactive terminal UIs with layout control
• you want hooks, state, and effects in a command-line app

When to avoid

• you need a simple non-interactive script with plain output
• your project is not on Node.js/JavaScript
• you need a GUI or web frontend rather than a terminal app

Facets

library · maturity stable

ui-components frontend-framework cli terminal-ui state-management developer-tools frontend web-development cli cross-platform react-renderer flexbox typescript interactive-cli command-line nodejs

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