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AppCUI-rs

Name: AppCUI-rs
Rating: 5 (376 reviews)
Author: gdt050579

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AppCUI-rs is a fast, cross-platform Rust library for building modern, text-based user interfaces (TUIs) with rich widgets, themes, and full Unicode support—an alternative to ncurses and other terminal UI frameworks.
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✨ Features
[x] multiple out-of-the-box controls (buttons, labels, text boxes, check boxes, radio buttons, list views, tree views, combo boxes, date/time pickers, color pickers, tabs, accordions, etc.). A full list of controls can be found here 
[x] powerful layout system that allows you to position controls using absolute coordinates, relative coordinates, docking, alignment, anchors, or pivot positioning (see more here) 
[x] menus and toolbars
[x] multi-platform support (Windows via API and virtual terminal, Linux via ncurses, macOS via termios)
[x] multi-threading support to allow background tasks
[x] timers
[x] mouse support
[x] clipboard support
[x] color themes
[x] support for Unicode characters
[x] predefined dialogs (message box, input box, color picker, save & open dialogs, folder navigator, etc.)
[x] true-color support (24 bits per pixel) for terminals that support it.
📸 Screenshots 
👉 Check out the Gallery for full demos of all controls!
🖥️ Backends
AppCUI supports various backends depending on the operating system:Windows Console - based on the Win32 low-level API, designed for the classic Windows console
Windows VT - based on ANSI sequences, designed for modern Windows virtual terminals
NCurses - based on the NCurses API for Linux environments
Termios - based on ANSI sequences and low-level APIs for macOS
Web Terminal - designed for web implementations (based on WebGL)
CrossTerm - based on the crossterm crate, enabled via a feature flag
More information about the supported backends can be found here
🚀 Quick Start
Add the following to your Cargo.toml:

toml
[dependencies]
appcui = "*"

Then create a new Rust project and add the following code:
rust
use appcui::prelude::*;
fn main() -> Result<(), appcui::system::Error> {
    let mut app = App::new().build()?;
    let mut win = Window::new(
        "Test",
        LayoutBuilder::new().alignment(Alignment::Center).width(30).height(9).build(),
        window::Flags::Sizeable,
    );
    win.add(Label::new(
        "Hello World !",
        LayoutBuilder::new().alignment(Alignment::Center).width(13).height(1).build(),
    ));
    app.add_window(win);
    app.run();
    Ok(())
}

Or a more concise version using proc-macros:
rs
use appcui::prelude::*;
fn main() -> Result<(), appcui::system::Error> {
    let mut app = App::new().build()?;
    let mut win = window!("Test,a:c,w:30,h:9");
    win.add(label!("'Hello World !',a:c,w:13,h:1"));
    app.add_window(win);
    app.run();
    Ok(())
}

Then run the project with cargo run. You should see a window with the title Test and the text Hello World ! in the center.
🧪 Examples
AppCUI-rs comes with a set of examples to help you get started. You can find them in the examples folder, including:
Games such as Tic Tac Toe, Snake, Flappy Bird, Minesweeper, Ram it, PacMan, Chess, Connect Four, 2048, or Tetris
Utilities such as Calculator, CSV Viewer, Temperature Converter, or a Timer
Animations such as Matrix, Fractals, or Spiral
Controls/Widgets such as Button, CheckBox, ComboBox, DatePicker, ListView, TreeView and many more.
Dialogs such as Notification or Input
🛠️ A more complex example
An example that creates a window with a button that, when pressed, increases a counter.
rust
use appcui::prelude::*;
// Create a window that handles button events and has a counter
#[Window(events = ButtonEvents)]
struct CounterWindow {
    counter: i32
}

impl CounterWindow { fn new() -> Self { let mut w = Self { // set up the window title and position base: window!("'Counter window',a:c,w:30,h:5"), // initial counter is 1 counter: 1 }; // add a single button with the caption "1" (like the counter) w.add(button!("'1',d:b,w:20")); w } } impl ButtonEvents for CounterWindow { // When the button is pressed, this function will be called // with the handle of the button that was pressed // Since we only have one button, we don't need to store its handle // in the struct, as we will receive the handle via the on_pressed method fn on_pressed(&mut self, handle: Handle

🛣️ Roadmap

🤝 Contributing

AppCUI-rs

AppCUI-rs

✨ Features

📸 Screenshots

🖥️ Backends

🚀 Quick Start

🧪 Examples

🛠️ A more complex example