Happy to share the early version of Trolley, which will package your TUI app with Ghostty for non-technical users on MacOS and Linux, with Windows being a WIP.
This came about after writing a small TUI to allow a friend to back up their entire Vimeo library, and finding that while they enjoyed the simplicity and speed of the TUI, they did not like having to use the shell to get there, nor did they want to install a terminal like Ghostty for a better experience.
Trolley makes it easy to package apps for that kind of person. It's still very early, but I thought it'd be interesting to get some feedback, so let me know what you think.
If you're developing a TUI or considering a hog like Electron for an app that can be text-based, give Trolley a look.
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This came about after writing a small TUI to allow a friend to back up their entire Vimeo library, and finding that while they enjoyed the simplicity and speed of the TUI, they did not like having to use the shell to get there, nor did they want to install a terminal like Ghostty for a better experience.
Trolley makes it easy to package apps for that kind of person. It's still very early, but I thought it'd be interesting to get some feedback, so let me know what you think.
If you're developing a TUI or considering a hog like Electron for an app that can be text-based, give Trolley a look.