varlens-tui 0.1.1

An interactive TUI for managing Virt-A-Mate .var packages

VarLens

An interactive terminal UI for managing Virt-A-Mate .var packages — browse your library, inspect dependencies, find unused packages, and safely delete them.

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Features

• Browse and filter your package library
• Inspect dependencies for any package
• Safely delete packages and their exclusive dependencies
• Orphan finder — Identify packages not used by anything else
• Missing Packages — Identify missing packages needed by others
• SQLite cache — Only re-scans packages that have changed, keeping startup fast on large libraries

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Installation

From PyPI (Recommended)

If you have pipx installed:

pipx install varlens-tui

or just using pip:

pip install varlens-tui

From Source (Run without installing)

git clone https://github.com/y2kaug27th/VarLens.git
cd VarLens
python -m varlens

[!IMPORTANT] Windows Users: If running from source, you must manually install the curses library:

pip install windows-curses

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Usage

If installed via PyPI:

varlens                     # Launches the app
varlens /path/to/VaM        # Launches with a specific path

If running from Source:

python -m varlens           # Launches the app from the project root
python -m varlens /path/to/VaM

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Controls

Key	Action
↑ / ↓	Navigate
/	Filter
j / k	Scroll detail panel
I	Package info
D	Delete package + dependencies
O	Orphan finder
M	Missing Packages
Q	Quit

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Detail Panel

• Creator, license, size, and file path
• Direct dependencies — packages this .var explicitly requires to work, each tagged with a status:
  • [ok | only you] — safe to remove alongside this package
  • [ok | +N others] — shared with N other packages, will be kept
  • [MISSING] — referenced but not installed
• All transitive dependencies — packages pulled in indirectly through direct dependencies
• Used by — which packages depend on this one, none means it's safe to delete