Alternatives to libtcod
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. libtcod itself: install libtcod.
yazi
💥 Blazing fast terminal file manager written in Rust, based on async I/O
micro
A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor
Cool Retro Term
A good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display..
bash-snippets
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yewtube
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Rio
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adr-tools
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lazyssh
A terminal-based SSH manager inspired by lazydocker and k9s - Written in go
Termora
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cri-tools
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arttime
arttime is a CLI application that blends beauty of ASCII / text art with functionality of clock / timer / pattern-based time manager in terminal ⏰
speedread
A simple terminal-based open source Spritz-alike (per-word RSVP aligned on optimal reading points)
dstask
Git powered terminal-based todo/note manager -- markdown note page per task. Single binary!
lazygit
simple terminal UI for git commands
zellij
A terminal workspace with batteries included
gitui
Blazing 💥 fast terminal-ui for git written in rust 🦀
nnn
n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager
cheat
cheat allows you to create and view interactive cheatsheets on the command-line. It was designed to help remind *nix system administrators of options
posting
The modern API client that lives in your terminal
chisel
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terminal-notifier
Send User Notifications on macOS from the command-line
spotify_player
A Spotify player in the terminal with full feature parity
OpenInTerminal-Lite
✨ Finder Toolbar app for macOS to open the current directory in Terminal, iTerm, Hyper or Alacritty
Kaku
🎃 A fast, out-of-the-box macOS terminal built for AI coding
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than libtcod — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
libtcod is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.