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Preview

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ✦ TRIX              /home/user/project          Ayu Dark   │
├──────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ── Explorer ─┴─ Editor ─────────────────────────────────── │
│ 📂 .         │ #!/usr/bin/env python3                      │
│ ├── src/     │                                              │
│ │ ├── main. ▶│ import sys                                  │
│ │ ├── util.  │ from pathlib import Path                    │
│ │ └── trix.  │                                              │
│ ├── tests/   │ def main():                                 │
│ ├── README.m │     print("Hello, Trix!")                   │
│ ├── pyprojec │                                              │
│ └── .git/    │ Ln 5  Col 1   Python            🌿 main     │
├──────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ^Q Quit  F1 Help  ^G Git  ^T Theme  ^B Files  ^O Open  ^S │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Features

▸ Syntax highlighting — 20+ languages, tree-sitter powered
▸ Undo / Redo — Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y
▸ Search in file — real-time matches, ↑↓ navigate
▸ Save — Ctrl+S, dirty dot (●) indicator
▸ Line numbers — gutter with active line highlight
▸ Toggle comment — Ctrl+_ on current line
▸ Duplicate line — Ctrl+D
▸ Select all — Ctrl+A
▸ Copy selection — Ctrl+Shift+C

▸ File tree — Nerd Font icons for 130+ file types
▸ Open folder — Ctrl+O, full directory navigation
▸ Create file — dialog with auto parent dir creation
▸ Rename — F2, updates open tabs automatically
▸ Delete — Del with confirmation dialog
▸ Multi-tab — Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab nav
▸ Close tab — Ctrl+W, dirty-file confirmation
▸ Git status badges — M A D ?? color-coded
▸ Reload tree — Ctrl+R

▸ 10 themes — Ayu, Dracula, One Dark, Tokyo Night, Catppuccin, Nord, Everforest, Midnight Blue
▸ Zen mode — Ctrl+\, full-screen focus
▸ Click to focus — click any panel, it gets keyboard focus
▸ Help screen — F1, all shortcuts listed
▸ Bottom bar — clickable shortcuts with key hints
▸ Splash screen — animated logo fill, loading status
▸ Command palette — Ctrl+P, search any action
▸ Toast notifications — info, warning, error
▸ Theme picker — Ctrl+Shift+T, live preview

Installation

pip install trix-ide

pipx install trix-ide

uv tool install trix-ide

npm install -g trix-ide

brew tap Zarl-prog/trix https://github.com/Zarl-prog/Trix-TUI
brew install Zarl-prog/trix/trix-ide

Run trix to start.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Project Structure

app.py              # Entry point — run()
main.py             # Main app, screens, widgets, bindings, actions
screens.py          # All modal dialogs: Help, Confirm, New/Rename,
                    # Folder picker, Splash, Theme picker
themes.py           # 10 theme definitions + dynamic CSS builders
search_widget.py    # Inline editor search + global file search
git_menu_screen.py  # Full Git UI: commit, push, history accordion
syntax_setup.py     # Extra tree-sitter language registration
pyproject.toml      # Package metadata, dependencies, entry point

Tech Stack

Textual — Terminal app framework. Powers layout, event system, CSS engine, and the command palette.

Python — Cross-platform runtime, zero-compile install, launches in under a second.

Tree-Sitter — Incremental parsing for accurate syntax highlighting across 20+ languages.

Rich — Terminal styling for labels, badges, and markdown rendering in dialogs.

Roadmap

Contributing

git clone https://github.com/Zarl-prog/Trix-TUI
pip install -e .
trix

Submit a PR at github.com/Zarl-prog/Trix-TUI.

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