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24 alternatives to Nuklear

A small ANSI C gui toolkit

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Nuklear launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1BT
   Building terminal dashboards using ASCII/ANSI art and JavaScript▲305

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2TN
   Termipal – native micro-GUIs for shell scripts and command line apps▲195

   2017 · termipal.sh · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Foundation Building Blocks▲279

   Free library of coded UI components to jumpstart development

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4BA
   Beaker – A browser for IPFS and Dat▲160

   2016 · pfrazee.github.io · its alternatives →

5. 5YA
   Yue – A new library to create cross-platform GUI apps▲104

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6JA
   Jarvis, a Light Table like companion for Python▲164

   2012 · madlag.github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7NN
   Nixar – New design of Linux command line▲130

   2015 · nixar.work · its alternatives →

8. 8TA
   Themer – a CLI for generating themes for all your tools▲135

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Citus Cloud▲89

   A database for building real-time apps on billions of events

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10NN
    Ndm – Npm Desktop Manager▲62

    2016 · 720kb.github.io · its alternatives →

11. 11HT
    HTerm, The Graphical Terminal for iOS, MacOS and Linux▲67

    2013 · 41j.com · its alternatives →

12. 12GA
    Glean, a tiny bitmap font for programming▲66

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13NM
    nyan-mode.el - Nyan Cat for Emacs (my first real Emacs minor mode)▲71

    2011 · nyan-mode.buildsomethingamazing.com · its alternatives →

14. 14NM
    New MODULA-3 Releases for WinNT, Linux and OS X▲42

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15MA
    Matter – A tiny collection of UI components▲30

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16NB
    Node bindings for libui, a native UI library for Unix, OS X and Windows▲28

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Youbeer▲62

    Nullified

    2021 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18AA
    Amp – A text editor for your terminal, written in Rust▲43

    2018 · amp.rs · its alternatives →

19. 19
    UXPin▲31

    Low-fi to hi-fi design in a single collaborative tool

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    UXPin + Typekit▲22

    Typography consistency for the whole design workflow

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21MT
    Magit, the magical Git interface▲24

    Blog of Jonas Bernoulli

    2017 · emacsair.me · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Udfdev Tools▲3

    A collection of tools

    2023 · its alternatives →

23. 23NU
    Nuxt UI, a UI Library for Modern Web Apps▲6

    2023 · ui.nuxt.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Moon▲15

    A minimal, blazing fast user interface library.

    2017 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →