PTerm – Go module to beautify terminal output with interactive menus
PTerm is a Go library that helps to beautify terminal output.
PTerm – Go module to beautify terminal output with interactive menus launched on June 21, 2022 with 39 votes, #862 of 3,005 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.
In plain words
PTerm is a Go module that enhances terminal output with styling and interactive menu capabilities. It is designed for developers who want to improve the visual presentation of command-line applications. The module provides tools to beautify text displays and create interactive menu systems within terminal environments, making it useful for building more polished CLI applications and tools.
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From the sources
PTerm is a Go library that makes terminal output look better and more informative. It offers many features like progress bars, spinners, tables, and colorful logs. It also has interactive parts like prompts, menus, and text inputs. Developers can easily change how it looks to fit their needs. It's great for making Go applications in the terminal more user-friendly and nice to lookfrom pterm.sh
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