blessed

Build interactive terminal UIs with colors, keyboard input, and positioning

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Easy, practical library for making terminal apps, by providing an elegant, well-documented interface to Colors, Keyboard input, and screen Positioning capabilities.

Examples

create a terminal app with colored text and formatting$ python3 -c "from blessed import Terminal; t = Terminal(); print(t.bold_red('Hello World'))"

get keyboard input and respond to key presses in terminal$ python3 -c "from blessed import Terminal; t = Terminal(); print('Press a key:'); print(t.inkey())"

move cursor to specific position and draw on screen$ python3 -c "from blessed import Terminal; t = Terminal(); print(t.move(5, 10) + 'Text at row 5, col 10')"

build a menu-driven command line interface with color

$ python3 -c "from blessed import Terminal; t = Terminal(); print(t.clear()); print(t.green('Welcome')); input(t.cyan('> '))"

detect terminal capabilities and size for responsive UI

$ python3 -c "from blessed import Terminal; t = Terminal(); print(f'Size: {t.width}x{t.height}'); print(f'Color support: {t.does_styling}')"