astr-tui

Terminal workbench for AstrBot Dashboard, built with Node.js, TypeScript, React, and Ink.

astr-tui brings the common AstrBot WebUI workflows into a keyboard-driven terminal UI: chat, status charts, live logs, command/tool toggles, plugins, personas, configuration, providers, and platforms.

Install

npm install -g astr-tui

Node.js 20 or newer is required.

Quick Start

Log in to your AstrBot Dashboard:

astr-tui login --server http://localhost:6185 --username astrbot

Open the TUI:

astr-tui --server http://localhost:6185

If you omit --server, astr-tui uses the saved server from setup/login or falls back to http://localhost:6185.

Commands

astr-tui                         # open the terminal workbench
astr-tui login                   # log in and store the Dashboard JWT
astr-tui logout                  # remove the stored Dashboard JWT
astr-tui status                  # check saved session and AstrBot version
astr-tui --lang zh-CN            # run with Chinese UI
astr-tui --lang en-US            # run with English UI

login also supports non-interactive password input:

echo "your-password" | astr-tui login --server http://localhost:6185 --username astrbot --password-stdin

Features

• Chat workspace with WebChat sessions and streaming replies.
• Runtime status page with message/model usage summaries and terminal charts.
• Live console logs with colored log levels and scrolling.
• Command and function-tool management.
• Plugin management, plugin market browsing, updates, installs, reloads, and schema-based config editing.
• Persona management with folders and editable persona fields.
• AstrBot normal/system configuration editing based on Dashboard config metadata.
• Provider source/model management, model fetch, test status, and editable settings.
• Platform adapter management, settings, delete/toggle actions, and scan-login flows where supported.
• English and Chinese UI.

Keyboard

• Tab: switch main sections.
• Left / Right: switch tabs or move between row actions.
• Up / Down: move through lists, rows, settings, and actions.
• PageUp / PageDown: scroll larger views.
• Enter: open, toggle, run, edit, or save the selected item depending on context.
• Esc: close dialogs or return from edit mode.
• Ctrl+C: exit.

The TUI is designed around visible buttons and focused rows. In most screens, move to the action you want and press Enter.

Authentication

astr-tui logs in through the AstrBot Dashboard API and stores the JWT locally.

When available, tokens are stored in the system keychain through keytar. If keytar is unavailable or fails to load on your platform, astr-tui automatically falls back to:

~/.astr-tui/tokens.json

If keytar prints optional dependency warnings during install, the package can still work through the file-based fallback.

Development

npm install
npm run build
npm run dev -- --server http://localhost:6185

Useful checks:

npm run typecheck
npm test
npm run build
npm pack --dry-run

Publishing

The package includes a prepublishOnly guard that runs typecheck, tests, and build before publishing.

npm publish

License

MIT