Charm TUI libraries
Hacker ApprovedRanked 7 of 14 terminal UI libraries by recommenders
Go libraries for building terminal apps with a playful look and feel. Critics worry it leans too heavily on GUI-style popovers and buttons.
Go libraries for building terminal apps with a playful look and feel. Critics worry it leans too heavily on GUI-style popovers and buttons.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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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
Playful, likeable personality and style
“I love them and their personality.”
Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “Stop Making TUIs” “I like the wacky vibe of charm”
Comment from 12 Nov 2025 in “Testing out Crush, a TUI based coding agent” Go terminal and SSH app building
“I really enjoy using Golang to make TUIs and the Charm ecosystem.”
Comment from 2 Jun 2026 in “strace-ui, Bonsai_term, and the TUI renaissance” “Charm was my introduction into the world of ssh apps”
Comment from 6 Nov 2025 in “Ratatui – App Showcase”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Leans toward GUI-style popovers and buttons
“I worry it leans too heavily on GUI paradigms, like popovers and buttons”
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 TUI librariesThis page | 10 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | Approved |
What people said
8 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I love them and their personality.”
“I really enjoy using Golang to make TUIs and the Charm ecosystem.”
“some features are really cool, like different colors depending on dark/light theme”
“I worry it leans too heavily on GUI paradigms, like popovers and buttons”
“We are building Charm to become that layer.”
“I like the wacky vibe of charm”
“Charm was my introduction into the world of ssh apps”
“most of them are extremely bloated and requires tons of dependencies to build a TUI”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.