I really like tui applications, because they are sustainable, efficient, distraction free and often do one thing in which they are good in.

But I can’t find a good application for every purpose I need and want to create my own tui application.

And the only thing I know of is ncurses. But because it’s really old, I don’t know if it’s still state-of-the-art or are there better solutions?

Which language would be the best to create a sustainable tui application?

Thanks for your help :)

  • @dressupgeekout
    3•2 years ago

    Well, you’re wanting to write a TUI in the first place, which (arguably) means you’re not really looking for “state of the art” or “modern” – if you see what I mean.

    And if one wants to write a TUI app, then curses is the most natural and least bloated way I can think of to make that happen.

    And you don’t need to resort to writing your app in C – lots (most?) programming languages have bindings to curses. I’ve written a curses app in Ruby, for example.