Trogon – An automatic TUI for command line apps

In plain words

Trogon automatically generates text-based user interfaces for command line applications, displaying arguments, options, and switches as interactive forms. Users can edit the form to construct commands and execute them with a single keystroke, eliminating the need to remember complex command syntax. Currently compatible with Python applications using the Click library, the tool aims to expand support across the broader Python ecosystem and non-Python applications.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Easily turn your Click CLI into a powerful terminal application - Textualize/trogon

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hi HN, Trogon is a project to generate a TUI for command line apps. It presents the arguments, options, and switches as a form. Editing the form generates a command line, which you can then run with a keypress. I'm a lover of the command line. But I can recall only a fraction of the switches for most commands I use.…

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