Just TUI it!

A TUI for TUI tools. Browse, search, and get install commands for every terminal application in the justtuit curated list, from one keyboard-driven interface.

Just TUI it! is a cross-platform terminal UI that catalogs 672 terminal apps across 13 categories and turns them into copy-paste install commands for the package manager on your platform (Homebrew, APT, DNF, pacman, cargo, npm, pipx, Winget, Scoop, and more).

Install

Install globally with npm:

npm install -g justtuit
# or run it without installing:
npx justtuit

Just TUI it! is built on OpenTUI + React. OpenTUI's native core runs under Bun, so Bun is required at runtime. The justtuit launcher auto-detects Bun and prints guidance if it is missing. Install Bun with:

curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash

Quick start

justtuit

Non-interactive CLI flags (these print and exit, so they also work in scripts and CI without a terminal):

| Flag | Description | |-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------| | justtuit --count | Print the number of tools and categories | | justtuit --categories | List all categories | | justtuit --list [cat] | List tools, optionally filtered by category slug | | justtuit --help | Show usage help |

Keybindings

| Key | Action | |------------------|-----------------------------------------------------| | q / Ctrl+C | Quit | | j / k or down / up | Move selection in the active list | | g / G | Jump to first / last item | | Tab | Cycle pane (categories -> tools -> detail) | | h / left | Previous pane | | l / right | Next pane | | / | Focus search; type to filter; Esc clears search | | Enter | Copy the best install command for the selected tool | | o | Open the tool's URL (open / xdg-open / start) | | i | Show all install commands in the detail pane | | ? | Toggle the help overlay |

Features

• Registry of 672 tools across 13 categories - dashboards, development, editors, file managers, games, libraries, messaging, multimedia, productivity, web, and more.

• Fuzzy search - filter tools by name as you type.

• Three-pane layout - category sidebar, filtered tool list, and a detail pane (name, URL, description, category, binaries, install commands).

• Per-platform install commands - a command builder maps each tool's package identifiers to concrete commands for your platform (macOS, Linux, Windows) using the right manager:

  | Manager | Command | Platforms | |-------------|----------------------------|-------------------------| | Homebrew | brew install <id> | macOS, Linux | | APT | sudo apt install <id> | Linux | | DNF | sudo dnf install <id> | Linux | | pacman | sudo pacman -S <id> | Linux | | cargo | cargo install <id> | macOS, Linux, Windows | | go | go install <id>@latest | macOS, Linux, Windows | | npm | npm install -g <id> | macOS, Linux, Windows | | pipx | pipx install <id> | macOS, Linux, Windows | | Scoop | scoop install <id> | Windows | | Winget | winget install <id> | Windows | | Chocolatey | choco install <id> | Windows |

• Copy / open - copy the best install command to your clipboard, or open a tool's homepage directly from the TUI.

Architecture

• React + OpenTUI - the UI is React 19 rendered by @opentui/react, whose native core is written in Zig.
• bin/justtuit - a thin Node shim that locates Bun and delegates to it, so npm i -g justtuit and npx justtuit work without manually prefixing every command with bun.
• src/registry/* - the data layer:
  • types.ts - Tool, Category, Managers, and Platform types.
  • tools.ts - auto-generated registry (categories + tools).
  • curated.ts - a hand-maintained map of display names to per-manager install identifiers.
  • source/list.md - the canonical markdown source of the tool list.
• src/install.ts - the pure-TypeScript command builder (detectPlatform, installCommands, bestInstallCommand, commandsByManager) that turns a tool's Managers into concrete shell commands.

Development

# Regenerate src/registry/tools.ts from the canonical list + curated map
bun scripts/parse-list.ts

# Type-check
npx tsc --noEmit

# Run the TUI in dev mode (uses Bun directly)
npm run dev

License

MIT

This tool is a front-end for the curated list at https://github.com/musichen/justtuit.