termbox
Library for writing text-based user interfaces observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: n/a
- age_days: 6067
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2199
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2009 stars · 187 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Termbox is a minimalist, cross-platform Go library for building text-based user interfaces in the terminal, abstracting a common subset of terminal features across *nix and Windows. It offers a small, easy-to-learn API, though the project is no longer actively maintained and the author recommends alternatives like tcell.
Use cases
- build a terminal UI in Go
- write a console-based text editor
- create terminal games like Tetris or Snake
- render dashboards and monitoring views in the terminal
- display images or color charts in a terminal
- build interactive CLI tools with keyboard input handling
When to choose
- you need a tiny, simple TUI API in Go with minimal learning curve
- you want a cross-platform terminal library covering both Unix and Windows consoles
- you're maintaining or extending an existing termbox-based project
When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained library with ongoing bug fixes
- you need complex widgets, mouse support, or rich UI features
- you're starting a new Go TUI project — prefer gdamore/tcell
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
gui terminal-ui developer-tools developer-tools cross-platform windows go cross-platform cli tui text-user-interface terminal console minimalist-api command-line linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/nsf/termbox · fetched 2026-08-28 · 675f39bb680a
- homepage: http://code.google.com/p/termbox · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3cac14702b11
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| nsf/termbox | main | 32 |
| nsf/termbox-go | sdk | 77 |
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