Charm Ruby
Ranked 6 of 14 terminal UI libraries by recommenders
Fans praise Charm's polished terminal aesthetics and the new possibilities its Ruby library opens up for building text user interfaces.
Fans praise Charm's polished terminal aesthetics and the new possibilities its Ruby library opens up for building text user interfaces.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fans of Charm's tools and aesthetics
“I always loved Charm's aesthetics and it really opened my eyes with what can be done with TUIs.”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Charm Ruby – Glamorous Terminal Libraries for Ruby” “Charm's tui library is fantastic.”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Charm Ruby – Glamorous Terminal Libraries for Ruby” “I absolutely love their tools!”
Comment from 31 Dec 2025 in “Charm Ruby – Glamorous Terminal Libraries for Ruby” - Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Charm Ruby – Glamorous Terminal Libraries for Ruby”
Excitement to try it out
“Looks great, I'm definitely going to have a look at it.”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Charm Ruby – Glamorous Terminal Libraries for Ruby” “This is like a dream come true, fantastic!”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Charm Ruby – Glamorous Terminal Libraries for Ruby” “I'm excited to take a look at this!”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Charm Ruby – Glamorous Terminal Libraries for Ruby” - Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Charm Ruby – Glamorous Terminal Libraries for Ruby”
- Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Charm Ruby – Glamorous Terminal Libraries for Ruby”
Other terminal UI libraries people recommend
The four most recommended other terminal UI libraries, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratatui | 57 | 6 | 90% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Bubble Tea | 37 | 16 | 70% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Textual | 34 | 2 | 94% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Turbo Vision | 26 | 5 | 84% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Charm RubyThis page | 12 | 2 | 86% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
13 of the 15 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“that is quite large with CharmRuby”
“Would be awesome to see this come under the Charm umbrella”
“I absolutely love their tools!”
“Looks great, I'm definitely going to have a look at it.”
“I'm very excited to use this.”
“I'm not super happy with some of the APIs as they aren't really idiomatic Ruby.”
“I think this is a really good idea and could lead to some really small, elegant TUI code”
“Charm's tui library is fantastic.”
“This is like a dream come true, fantastic!”
“Excited to see this come to life!”
“I always loved Charm's aesthetics and it really opened my eyes with what can be done with TUIs.”
“huge fan of charm and ruby”
“I'm excited to take a look at this!”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.