# Lip Gloss

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Lip Gloss and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A Go library for styling terminal user interfaces, recommended as a mature, robust part of the Go plus Bubble Tea stack for building rich TUIs.

## Why people recommend it

- Part of robust Go TUI stack (2 comments): "Go + lipgloss + bubble tea and a single prompt will give you whatever you need in a minute or two" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48000566)) "Go + Lipgloss + Bubbletea is by far the most robust and performant stack" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48000581))
- Good for building rich TUIs (2 comments): "TUI libraries like Lipgloss and Bubbletea really allow users to build a rich experience nowadays" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48368223)) "are really excellent tools for building "boring" TUIs too" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47270469))

## What people warn about

- Confusing naming across packages (1 comments): "I can't keep any of the naming straight" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47271612))

## 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, "Lip Gloss", https://hackerapproved.com/p/lip-gloss/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).