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August 21, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Hey check out my cool new website
So has anyone written an ncurses Bluesky client yet?
July 13, 2026 at 11:04 AM
So has anyone written an ncurses Bluesky client yet?
Also LLM TUIs are uniquely bad and, having just clocked this for the first time, I think it’s because they don’t use ncurses
September 26, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Also LLM TUIs are uniquely bad and, having just clocked this for the first time, I think it’s because they don’t use ncurses
> The ncurses version implements a full stack-based interpreter for terminfo parameter strings.
i'm sorry what the fuck
i'm sorry what the fuck
July 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
> The ncurses version implements a full stack-based interpreter for terminfo parameter strings.
i'm sorry what the fuck
i'm sorry what the fuck
A Gentle Introduction to Ncurses for the Terminally Impatient
A Gentle Introduction to Ncurses for the Terminally Impatient
Hackaday Article
hackaday.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A Gentle Introduction to Ncurses for the Terminally Impatient
its no longer just CURSES/NCURSES as a default
September 11, 2026 at 3:36 PM
its no longer just CURSES/NCURSES as a default
"hey claude rewrite this using rich and textual, ncurses is cool but ugly"
30 seconds later
30 seconds later
January 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"hey claude rewrite this using rich and textual, ncurses is cool but ugly"
30 seconds later
30 seconds later
I’ve heard of ncurses but rcurses?
November 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I’ve heard of ncurses but rcurses?
I've been messing around with ncurses to make an interactive terminal UI for my file syncing app, and I realized that I was inadvertently writing a custom text editor.
December 4, 2024 at 11:33 PM
I've been messing around with ncurses to make an interactive terminal UI for my file syncing app, and I realized that I was inadvertently writing a custom text editor.
Ncurses 6.6 Released With Improved Windows Terminal Support, Other Enhancements - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ncurses-6.6
Ncurses 6.6 Released With Improved Windows Terminal Support, Other Enhancements
Ncurses 6.6 was released today prior to closing out 2025. This programming library update for creating terminal-based text user interfaces (TUIs) features a variety of great improvements for ending out the year...
www.phoronix.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Ncurses 6.6 Released With Improved Windows Terminal Support, Other Enhancements - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ncurses-6.6
It's based on this, I'm building a bunch of React components using it that I might release as a separate project later on because it really slaps
github.com/poerror/ncur...
Credit to my partner for the idea to change the font to Comic Sans Monospace!
github.com/poerror/ncur...
Credit to my partner for the idea to change the font to Comic Sans Monospace!
GitHub - poerror/ncurses-css: CSS which turns web pages into oldschool text-based UI applications based on ncurses library.
CSS which turns web pages into oldschool text-based UI applications based on ncurses library. - poerror/ncurses-css
github.com
August 21, 2024 at 11:39 PM
It's based on this, I'm building a bunch of React components using it that I might release as a separate project later on because it really slaps
github.com/poerror/ncur...
Credit to my partner for the idea to change the font to Comic Sans Monospace!
github.com/poerror/ncur...
Credit to my partner for the idea to change the font to Comic Sans Monospace!
i wonder over the long run if these will replace the venerable curses/ncurses
October 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
i wonder over the long run if these will replace the venerable curses/ncurses
Also one of my Xmas gifts from @paladinmaid.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Also one of my Xmas gifts from @paladinmaid.bsky.social
we have ncurses and countless well-designed wrappers for it and yet we are still left with this shit...
August 7, 2026 at 5:39 PM
we have ncurses and countless well-designed wrappers for it and yet we are still left with this shit...
Build Terminal apps with SwiftUI syntax? Yes please! 🤩 Phranck released TUIkit - pure Swift, no ncurses, 100% declarative.
tuikit.layered.work/
Curated in this week's #notonlyswift
tuikit.layered.work/
Curated in this week's #notonlyswift
TUIkit — Terminal UI Framework for Swift
Build terminal apps with SwiftUI-like syntax. Pure Swift, no ncurses.
tuikit.layered.work
February 4, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Build Terminal apps with SwiftUI syntax? Yes please! 🤩 Phranck released TUIkit - pure Swift, no ncurses, 100% declarative.
tuikit.layered.work/
Curated in this week's #notonlyswift
tuikit.layered.work/
Curated in this week's #notonlyswift
Okay, TUIs are making a comeback (yay!). Now can someone please teach ncurses to use a TERMS environment variable which is a simple prioritized list of terminal types, and it uses the first available one? If none of them work, fall back to TERM.
css did this for fonts decades ago, it works dammit
css did this for fonts decades ago, it works dammit
January 11, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Okay, TUIs are making a comeback (yay!). Now can someone please teach ncurses to use a TERMS environment variable which is a simple prioritized list of terminal types, and it uses the first available one? If none of them work, fall back to TERM.
css did this for fonts decades ago, it works dammit
css did this for fonts decades ago, it works dammit
Heeey, ncurses/terminfo has a small virtual machine! And if there's a VM, there are CTF challenges :)
hackarcana.com/public-exerc...
hackarcana.com/public-exerc...
(third one coming next week, will be a bit harder)
hackarcana.com/public-exerc...
hackarcana.com/public-exerc...
(third one coming next week, will be a bit harder)
November 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Heeey, ncurses/terminfo has a small virtual machine! And if there's a VM, there are CTF challenges :)
hackarcana.com/public-exerc...
hackarcana.com/public-exerc...
(third one coming next week, will be a bit harder)
hackarcana.com/public-exerc...
hackarcana.com/public-exerc...
(third one coming next week, will be a bit harder)
ncurses ftw
December 11, 2024 at 8:53 PM
ncurses ftw
Swift has a terminal UI framework now. TuiKit. Declarative, like SwiftUI. Community-built.
tuikit.dev
tuikit.dev
TUIkit: Terminal UI Framework for Swift
Build terminal apps with SwiftUI-like syntax. Pure Swift, no ncurses.
tuikit.dev
March 10, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Swift has a terminal UI framework now. TuiKit. Declarative, like SwiftUI. Community-built.
tuikit.dev
tuikit.dev
March 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM