Urwid

Overview

Urwid is a flexible and comprehensive Python library used to create text-based user interfaces for terminal applications. It enables developing console applications with rich user interactivity and custom layouts.

Key Features:

• Rich set of widgets for building custom UI
• Supports styles and themes
• Responsive layout management
• Input handling for mouse and keyboard
• Designed for dynamic changes and animations

Common Use Cases:

• Text-based consoles and dashboards
• System monitoring tools
• CLI utilities requiring a UI
• Interactive terminal applications
• Embedded systems with TUI requirements

Installation

pip install urwid

Example

import urwid

def on_exit(key):
    if key == 'q':
        raise urwid.ExitMainLoop()

txt = urwid.Text("Hello, Urwid!", align='center')
fill = urwid.Filler(txt, valign='middle')
loop = urwid.MainLoop(fill, unhandled_input=on_exit)
loop.run()

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