ncurses Alternatives

ncurses is described as '(new curses) is a programming library that provides an API which allows the programmer to write text-based user interfaces in a terminal-independent manner. It is a toolkit for developing "GUI-like" application software that runs under a terminal emulator' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to ncurses for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Cygwin and Oracle Solaris apps. The best ncurses alternative is Ratatui, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ncurses are FINAL CUT, termbox, rot.js and BearLibTerminal.

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  1. ConsoleGUI icon

    ConsoleGUI

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    ConsoleGUI is a simple .NET framework for creating console-based GUI applications. It provides most essential layout management utilities as well as a set of basic controls.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. newt icon

    newt

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    Newt is a programming library for color text mode, widget based user interfaces. Newt can be used to add stacked windows, entry widgets, checkboxes, radio buttons, labels, plain text fields, scrollbars, etc., to text mode user interfaces. Newt is based on the slang library.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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