cli-ui 0.15.0

Build Nice User Interfaces In The Terminal

python-cli-ui

Tools for nice user interfaces in the terminal.

Note

This project was originally hosted on the TankerHQ organization, which was my employer from 2016 to 2021. They kindly agreed to give back ownership of this project to me. Thanks!

Documentation

See python-cli-ui documentation.

Demo

Watch the asciinema recording.

Usage

$ pip install cli-ui

Example:

import cli_ui

# coloring:
cli_ui.info(
  "This is",
  cli_ui.red, "red", cli_ui.reset,
  "and this is",
  cli_ui.bold, "bold"
)

# enumerating:
list_of_things = ["foo", "bar", "baz"]
for i, thing in enumerate(list_of_things):
    cli_ui.info_count(i, len(list_of_things), thing)

# progress indication:
cli_ui.info_progress("Done",  5, 20)
cli_ui.info_progress("Done", 10, 20)
cli_ui.info_progress("Done", 20, 20)

# reading user input:
with_sugar = cli_ui.ask_yes_no("With sugar?", default=False)

fruits = ["apple", "orange", "banana"]
selected_fruit = cli_ui.ask_choice("Choose a fruit", choices=fruits)

#  ... and more!