Is there an easier terminal gui crate out there?

#1

I want to create GUI interactive terminal-based application(s) and to make stuff like this:

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As suggested in my previous post out, I was suggested the tui crate tui - Rust and to be honest it kinda looks complicated (in my opinion), especially with this particular example (unless if I am mistaken with something?).

I wanted something more basic and easy to use like the processing language. If I want to create a square, all I have to type is rect(10,20, 50, 50) I want something more basic like this.

I suppose I could use curses #curses // Lib.rs But I hoenstly want something simple and basic. What would be a good option over here?

#2

You might be interested in the fairly new Wrecked library, which has a API mostly based on nested rectangles, where you can set each rect's size and position within its parent.

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#3

Thanks for suggesting this library :slight_smile: I have a question about this though. Since it is under GPLv2 license, does this mean that any applications that I make with this crate, do I have to legally disclose my source code?

#4

If you distribute your program to anyone, then you would need to make the whole program’s source code to available to the recipient under the terms of the GPL, yes.

#5

Is there another program that you know that is not under the GPL license but MIT or something similar so I can disclose it closed source if I wanted to?