Anytext

Anytext is a fork of Textual, a Python framework for building terminal user interfaces.

Installation

pip install anytext

To install this checkout for development:

pip install -e .

Usage

from anytext.app import App, ComposeResult
from anytext.widgets import Header, Footer, Static


class HelloApp(App):
    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
        yield Header()
        yield Static("Hello from Anytext!")
        yield Footer()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    HelloApp().run()

Run the bundled demo with python -m anytext.

Configuration uses ANYTEXT_* environment variables, including ANYTEXT_THEME, ANYTEXT_ANIMATIONS, and ANYTEXT_FPS. The default themes are anytext-dark and anytext-light. Set feature flags with ANYTEXT (for example, ANYTEXT=debug).

Upstream tools such as textual-dev, textual-serve, and pytest-textual-snapshot are external packages and may require adaptation for this fork. External package names and links keep their original names.

WebAssembly and thread-free hosts

On Pyodide/WASM, Anytext automatically uses a thread-free runtime and a host-driven terminal driver. Set ANYTEXT_THREADS=0 before importing Anytext to exercise this mode on desktop Python. See the WASM guide for terminal callbacks, async workers, limitations, and the Pyodide smoke test.

License and attribution

Anytext retains the original MIT license and original copyright notices. See LICENSE.