Ratatui
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A Rust crate for cooking up terminal user interfaces (TUIs) 👨🍳🐀 https://ratatui.rs observed · 2026-09-26
Health v2 · maintenance only
87/100
- Activity 96
- Release rhythm 70
- Longevity 96
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 0
- age_days: 1346
- days_rel: 123
- days_push: 25
- n_releases_24m: 64
Adoption not part of the score
22746 stars · 784 forks observed · 2026-09-26
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-10-12, confidence 0.98
Ratatui is a Rust library for building fast, lightweight, and feature‑rich terminal user interfaces (TUIs). It provides a flexible API and a collection of widgets to create interactive console applications.
Use cases
- Create interactive dashboards for monitoring logs or metrics in the terminal
- Build text‑based games and hobby projects with rich UI components
- Develop command‑line tools that need forms, tables, or real‑time updates
- Implement file managers, CSV viewers, or other data browsers in a terminal
- Design custom terminal editors or chat interfaces for CLI applications
When to choose
- You are writing a Rust application and need a performant, native TUI
- You want a modular widget system with support for multiple backends (crossterm, termion, etc.)
- You need a library that is actively maintained and has a large ecosystem of extensions
When to avoid
- Your project requires a graphical UI or web‑based interface
- You are working in a language other than Rust and cannot use Cargo crates
- You need advanced GUI features like drag‑and‑drop, complex animations, or hardware acceleration
Facets
library · maturity active
cli ui-components developer-tools rust windows cross-platform cli terminal-ui tui crossterm termion termwiz ratatui-templates widget-library command-line linux macos
9 sources
- readme: https://github.com/ratatui/ratatui · fetched 2026-09-26 · 3f5d6e352126
- homepage: https://ratatui.rs · fetched 2026-09-28 · f1610c0c2c12
- site_page: https://ratatui.rs/installation · fetched 2026-09-28 · a48cf0e43548
- registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/ratatui · fetched 2026-09-28 · 4305635d0db0
- registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/tui-widgets · fetched 2026-09-28 · f674215672a7
- registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/bevy_ratatui · fetched 2026-09-28 · 3ef6a2d58ab1
- registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/ansi-to-tui · fetched 2026-09-28 · ee9290d328c1
- registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/ratatui-textarea · fetched 2026-09-28 · 48f55267ce5f
- registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/ratatui-image · fetched 2026-09-28 · 48811ca66d19
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| ratatui/ratatui | main | 87 |
| ratatui/awesome-ratatui | docs | 70 |
| ratatui/templates | examples | 74 |
| ratatui/ratatui-image | plugin | 93 |
| ratatui/tui-widgets | plugin | 84 |
| ratatui/ratatui-website | docs | 73 |
| ratatui/bevy_ratatui | plugin | 88 |
| ratatui/ansi-to-tui | plugin | 77 |
| ratatui/ratatui-textarea | plugin | 66 |
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