alt Hacker NewsI'm always surprised that Python doesn't have as good TUI libraries as Javascript or Rust. With the amount of CLI tooling written in Python, you'd think it had better libraries than any other language.
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behnamoh • today at 2:02 AM
it has, but python being single threaded (until recently) didn't make it an attractive choice for CLI tools.
example: `ranger` is written in python and it's freaking slow. in comparison, `yazi` (Rust) has been a breeze.
Edit: Sorry, I meant GIL, not single thread.
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acdha • today at 2:35 AM
Textual looks really nice, but I usually make web apps so I haven’t tried it for anything serious:
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Blessed was a decent one iirc:
https://github.com/jquast/blessed
One reason for the lack of python might be the timing of the TUI renaissance, which I think happened (is happening?) alongside the rise of languages like Go and Rust.