Can I style my TUI with CSS?

Absolutely. The skill covers Textual CSS (TCSS) for styling layouts, semantic colors, borders, and handling reactive state changes visually.

Is this skill suitable for beginners?

Yes, the skill provides a clear quick-start guide, basic app structures, and foundational architectural patterns to help you start building TUIs quickly.

Textual is a modern Python framework for creating rich, interactive terminal user interfaces (TUIs) using CSS and async programming.

Does this skill support background tasks?

Yes, it includes detailed patterns for using Workers and the call_from_thread method to ensure the TUI remains responsive during long-running operations.

Textual TUI Development

Name: Textual TUI Development
Author: aperepel

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设计工具

Builds sophisticated, interactive terminal user interfaces using the Textual Python framework.

关于

This skill empowers Claude to design, develop, and debug modern Terminal User Interfaces (TUIs) using Textual. It provides comprehensive guidance on building responsive command-line applications, from basic widget composition and CSS-based styling to advanced asynchronous message handling and background workers. Whether creating data dashboards, monitoring tools, or interactive CLI utilities, this skill ensures best practices in event-driven architecture and thread-safe UI updates within the terminal environment.

主要功能

Reactive programming patterns for automatic UI state management
Asynchronous background workers to prevent UI blocking during tasks
Rapid TUI prototyping with standard widgets like DataTables, Trees, and Logs
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Robust event handling and custom message passing architectures
Advanced CSS styling (TCSS) for professional terminal layouts and themes

使用场景

Creating interactive CLI tools for complex data exploration and management
Developing internal developer tools and terminal-based management consoles
Building real-time monitoring dashboards for system logs and metrics

关于

主要功能

Reactive programming patterns for automatic UI state management
Asynchronous background workers to prevent UI blocking during tasks
Rapid TUI prototyping with standard widgets like DataTables, Trees, and Logs
0 GitHub stars
Robust event handling and custom message passing architectures
Advanced CSS styling (TCSS) for professional terminal layouts and themes

使用场景

Creating interactive CLI tools for complex data exploration and management
Developing internal developer tools and terminal-based management consoles
Building real-time monitoring dashboards for system logs and metrics