blessed-contrib
Build terminal dashboards using ascii/ansi art and javascript (by yaronn)
blessed
A high-level terminal interface library for node.js. (by chjj)
| blessed-contrib | blessed | |
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| 10 | 23 | |
| 15,533 | 11,463 | |
| - | 0.4% | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| about 1 year ago | about 1 year ago | |
| JavaScript | JavaScript | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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blessed-contrib
Posts with mentions or reviews of blessed-contrib.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-10.
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good high-level ncurses library
I still can't tear myself away from blessed-contrib and it's unfortunate to see that these projects are not very maintained
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Dear Redditors! Can someone please explain to me how this widget works?
Link:https://github.com/yaronn/blessed-contrib PS I'm sorry for the bad English
- does anyone know of libraries with which I can make a text element on the site (as in the example)
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Command line applications
Yes, you can create whatever you want - from simple CLI utils , through moderately complex interactive tools (example by me), to complex, full-fledged command line applications (example, another example).
- An idea for a virtual pet in my Linux terminal
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Table and color formats
On Rust/WASM I have been playing around with using TUI which is a lib inspired by the NodeJS library Blessed Contrib which might me a good idea to look at (not sure how well it works with javascript though). I have also used Comfy-table with Rust for simple table output.
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I created an htop-like terminal dashboard for viewing and managing docker containers, written in Node
✅ Built with the Node.js, blessed, and blessed-contrib
- I made a terminal utility to monitor some system stats. Was wondering if you guys know of anything better or if I should continue dev work on it since we need it?
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Building Rich Terminal Dashboards
If you plan on using blessed, there’s also (blessed-contrib)[https://github.com/yaronn/blessed-contrib], which is a library of widgets for blessed.
blessed
Posts with mentions or reviews of blessed.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-03-19.
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CLI application with the Node.js Readline module (3/3)
Advance CLI modules: https://github.com/chjj/blessed
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Best Javascript libraries for TUI development?
I found blessed but it seems like it was last updated 8 years ago. So what are my options?
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good high-level ncurses library
So far I found this library github.com/chjj/blessed which is very powerful, I need to render animated charts and other complex objects and for my purpose it is doing well.
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Ink: React for interactive command-line apps
Alas https://github.com/chjj/blessed/issues/418#issuecomment-1533...
I considered blessed for a recent project, but ended up just simplifying the approach & making do with Inquirer + Meow instead due to the maintenance status. Haven't found anything else equivalent to blessed, other than Ink.
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My 2022 side project: @steggy/tty. Custom widgets and utilities for building terminal apps on top of NestJS. Looking for testers / feedback
Inquirer is still probably the library that is most similar, if you are looking for comparisons to existing tools. My goal was to create a set of tools that uses the terminal window for a single operation at a time. The UI providing as much contextual information as possible to the user to know what actions they can perform, and any relevant information. A bit like a "choose your adventure" via terminal app sort of thing. Explicitly trying to stay clear of full screen and dashboard type stuff, like what blessed provides.
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Like seriously why does not one does it ?
Not exactly a shell scripting framework, but y’all should check out blessed js. Weirdly enough I just found it yesterday and shit goes absolutely wild in the terminal
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NodeJS Backend with UI Help. New to UI/Frameworks
Perhaps you’d like a terminal based UI? https://github.com/chjj/blessed
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Command line applications
You can build them from scratch, or use one of many specialized libraries on NPM, like commander, yargs, blessed, terminal kit, prompts, and many more.
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get input from user while continuously outputting
This is where libraries come in: https://github.com/chjj/blessed - this allows you to manage rendering in the terminal on your own, so you can have a scrolling box of text at the top and a "command line" at the bottom.
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Hey Rustaceans! Got a question? Ask here! (28/2022)!
I was hoping to write my app in Rust as a learning exercise, but my alternative is https://www.npmjs.com/package/blessed, which is NodeJS. Ah well.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing blessed-contrib and blessed you can also consider the following projects:
dashing - Terminal dashboards for Python
Inquirer.js - A collection of common interactive command line user interfaces.
reflex-vty - Build terminal applications using functional reactive programming (FRP) with Reflex FRP.
Ink - 🌈 React for interactive command-line apps
dockly - Immersive terminal interface for managing docker containers and services
vorpal - Node's framework for interactive CLIs