# Charm Ruby

12 Hacker News commenters recommended Charm Ruby and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Fans praise Charm's polished terminal aesthetics and the new possibilities its Ruby library opens up for building text user interfaces.

## Why people recommend it

- Fans of Charm's tools and aesthetics (4 comments): "I always loved Charm's aesthetics and it really opened my eyes with what can be done with TUIs." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46433391)) "Charm's tui library is fantastic." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46436099)) "I absolutely love their tools!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46440237))
- Excitement to try it out (5 comments): "Looks great, I'm definitely going to have a look at it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437545)) "This is like a dream come true, fantastic!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46435085)) "I'm excited to take a look at this!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46432065))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Ratatui](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ratatui.md): 57 recommend
- [Bubble Tea](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bubble-tea.md): 37 recommend
- [Textual](https://hackerapproved.com/p/textual.md): 34 recommend
- [Turbo Vision](https://hackerapproved.com/p/turbo-vision.md): 26 recommend
- [Ink](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ink.md): 13 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Charm Ruby", https://hackerapproved.com/p/charm-ruby/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).