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A full-featured console (xterm et al.) user interface library

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Urwid is a console user interface library for Python. It includes many features useful for text console application developers including:

  • Applications resize quickly and smoothly

  • Automatic, programmable text alignment and wrapping

  • Simple markup for setting text attributes within blocks of text

  • Powerful list box with programmable content for scrolling all widget types

  • Your choice of event loops: Twisted, Glib, Tornado or select-based loop

  • Pre-built widgets include edit boxes, buttons, check boxes and radio buttons

  • Display modules include raw, curses, and experimental LCD and web displays

  • Support for UTF-8, simple 8-bit and CJK encodings

  • 24-bit (true color), 256 color, and 88 color mode support

  • Compatible with Python 2.7, 3.5+ and PyPy

Home Page:

http://urwid.org/

Installation

To install using pip

pip install urwid

Alternatively if you are on Debian or Ubuntu

apt-get install python-urwid

Testing

To run tests locally, install & run tox. You must have appropriate Python versions installed to run tox for each of them.

To test code in all Python versions:

tox                    # Test all versions specified in tox.ini:
tox -e py36            # Test Python 3.6 only
tox -e py27,py36,pypy  # Test Python 2.7, Python 3.6 & pypy

Supported Python versions

  • 2.7

  • 3.5

  • 3.6

  • 3.7

  • 3.8

  • pypy

Authors

Creator

wardi

Maintainers

and3rson, tonycpsu, ulidtko

Authors

abadger, aglyzov, agrenott, akosthekiss, alexozer, alobbs, and-semakin, andersk, andrewshadura, aszlig, BkPHcgQL3V, carlos-jenkins, d0c-s4vage, dnaeon, drestebon, EdwardBetts, eevee, elenril, extempore, fabiand, federicotdn, floppym, garrison, geier, grzaks, hootnot, horazont, ids1024, inducer, ismail-s, ivanov, jeblair, Julian, jwilk, kedder, KennethNielsen, kkrolczyk, larsks, Lothiraldan, matthijskooijman, mattymo, mbarkhau, mgk, mimi1vx, mobyte0, mwhudson, nchavez324, neumond, nocarryr, ntamas, olleolleolle, pazz, pniedzwiedzinski, raek, renegarcia, rianhunter, rndusr, rr-, rwarren, seanhussey, Sjc1000, ssbr, tdryer, techtonik, tompickering, tu500, uSpike, usrlocalben, waveform80, wernight, Wesmania, westurner, winbornejw, xndcn, xnox, zrax

Contributors

aleufroy, andy-z, anttin2020, belak, berney, bk2204, bukzor, Chipsterjulien, chrisspen, dimays, dlo, douglas-larocca, goncalopp, Gordin, grugq, hkoof, Hoolean, hukka, itaisod, ixxra, Kelketek, livibetter, marlox-ouda, MonAaraj, mountainstorm, mselee, nyov, pquentin, RRMoelker, shadedKE, sitaktif, sporkexec, thehunmonkgroup, thisch, TomasTomecek, ttanner, vega0

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