RatatuiRuby wraps Rust Ratatui as a RubyGem – TUIs with the joy of Ruby
Terminal user interfaces in Ruby. RatatuiRuby wraps Rust
RatatuiRuby wraps Rust Ratatui as a RubyGem – TUIs with the joy of Ruby launched on January 17, 2026 with 152 votes, #205 of 14,584 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
In plain words
RatatuiRuby is a Ruby gem that wraps the Rust Ratatui library, enabling developers to build terminal user interfaces (TUIs) using Ruby. It brings Ratatui's capabilities—known for creating sophisticated command-line applications—to the Ruby ecosystem, allowing developers to leverage Ruby's syntax and workflow while accessing Ratatui's performance and features. The tool is designed for Ruby developers who need to create interactive terminal applications without writing Rust code directly.
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From the sources
RatatuiRuby is a RubyGem built on Ratatui , a leading TUI library written in Rust . You get native performance with the joy of Ruby. Add a spinner, a progress bar, or an inline menu to your CLI script. No full-screen takeover. Your terminal history stays intact. Standard TUIs erase themselves on exit. Your carefully formatted CLI output disappears. Users lose their scrollback. Inline viewports solve this. They occupy a fixed number of lines, render rich UI, then leave the output in place when done. Perfect for spinners, menus, progress indicators—any brief moment of richness. class Spinner def main RatatuiRuby . run ( viewport : : inline , height : 1 ) do | tui | until connected? status =…from ratatui-ruby.dev
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