Textualize/textual
The lean application framework for Python. Build sophisticated user interfaces with a simple Python API. Run your apps in the terminal and a web browser.
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Where it stands
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Ranks #269 of 2,502 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 11%).
No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 90 days ago, with 185 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Builds sophisticated cross-platform user interfaces using a simple Python API that run in terminals or web browsers.
- Offers a lean, asynchronous framework with decoupled components and advanced testing for maintainable, modern Python apps.
- Use for creating terminal-based dashboards and monitoring tools with rich interactive widgets and layouts.
- Use for developing web-accessible Python applications that can be served and shared without heavy desktop dependencies.
- Use for building custom CLI tools with enhanced user interfaces including command palettes and real-time updates.
Should you depend on it?
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License
MIT
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
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From the README
Build cross-platform user interfaces with a simple Python API. Run your apps in the terminal or a web browser.
Textual's API combines modern Python with the best of developments from the web world, for a lean app development experience. De-coupled components and an advanced testing framework ensure you can maintain your app for the long-term.
Want some more examples? See the examples directory.
Textual's library of widgets covers everything from buttons, tree controls, data tables, inputs, text areas, and more… Combined with a flexible layout system, you can realize any User Interface you need.
Predefined themes ensure your apps will look good out of the box.
See getting started for details.
Daily snapshots
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Forks
1.3K+93
Open issues
359+57
Compared with peers in CLI
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Sep 27, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stablyai/orca | 91.6K | +5.8K | 60 | 1 day ago |
| mvschwarz/openrig | 7.4K | +3.9K | 65 | 1 day ago |
| pablostanley/yoinks | 5.9K | +1.4K | 6 | — |
| HKUDS/CLI-Anything | 52.1K | +1.1K | 75 | 110 days ago |
| Nasiko-Labs/nasiko | 9.4K | +875 | 52 | 234 days ago |
| Textualize/textual | 37.4K | +0 | 75 | 90 days ago |
| Category median | 9.4K | +1.4K | 60 | — |
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