Universal design patterns for building exceptional terminal user interfaces. Framework-agnostic — works with Ratatui, Ink, Textual, Bubbletea, or any TUI toolkit.
Core philosophy: TUIs earn their power through spatial consistency, keyboard fluency, and information density that respects human attention. Design for the expert's speed without abandoning the beginner's discoverability.
| File manager | Miller Columns | yazi, ranger | | Git / DevOps tool | Persistent Multi-Panel | lazygit, lazydocker | | System monitor | Widget Dashboard | btop, bottom, oxker | | Data browser / K8s | Drill-Down Stack | k9s, diskonaut | | SQL / HTTP client | IDE Three-Panel | harlequin, posting | | Shell augmentation | Overlay / Popup | atuin, fzf |
This skill should be used when designing terminal user interfaces, creating TUI layouts, choosing TUI color schemes, implementing keyboard navigation, building terminal dashboards, or working with any TUI framework. Activates on mentions of TUI design, terminal UI, Ratatui layout, Ink components, Textual widgets, Bubbletea views, terminal color palette, keybinding design, panel layout, split panes, terminal dashboard, box-drawing characters, sparklines, progress bars, modal dialogs, focus management, or terminal accessibility. Source: hyperb1iss/hyperskills.