# OpenTUI

8 Hacker News commenters recommended OpenTUI and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Feature-rich TUI library with a modern custom renderer. Several apps switched to it and reported better results.

## Why people recommend it

- Modern renderer and architecture (2 comments): "doing some really interesting stuff in this space with their custom renderer" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47270373)) "OpenTUI's architect is more modern" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47512526))
- Apps improved after switching to it (2 comments): "opencode moved to a different library (opentui?) and their client seems to be doing much better." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47113177)) "they fixed it by switching from ink to opentui" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48692202))
- Works with Bun and Node.js (2 comments): "Their backend, OpenTUI, is a large part of this, and was built in close correspondence with the Bun folks." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46124870)) "There is some really cool work to port opencode's underlying opentui to Node.js" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48079351))

## 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, "OpenTUI", https://hackerapproved.com/p/opentui/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).