@kernlang/terminal

Kern ANSI terminal rendering transpiler with two separate targets:

• terminal: pure ANSI / Node.js output
• ink: React + Ink terminal UI output

Part of the KERN monorepo.

Install

npm install @kernlang/terminal

Generated Ink apps also need runtime dependencies in the consuming project:

npm install react ink @inkjs/ui

Current upstream runtime baseline:

• react 19.2.x
• ink 7.x
• Node.js 22+

Usage

import { transpileTerminal, transpileInk } from '@kernlang/terminal';

const ansiOutput = transpileTerminal(kernSource);
const inkComponent = transpileInk(kernSource);

Ink Output

transpileInk() returns the component source in result.code and, when the screen is exported, a runnable entry artifact in result.artifacts.

For the CLI path, kern compile --target=ink now emits:

• <name>.tsx — the generated screen/component module
• <name>.entry.tsx — the runnable Ink entrypoint (render(<Screen />) + waitUntilExit())

Use the companion *.entry.tsx file as the process entry when you want to run the generated Ink app directly.

License

AGPL-3.0