Newt

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Newt is a C library for building text-mode user interfaces (TUI). It provides widgets such as colored windows, buttons, entry fields, lists, and progress bars, and runs on top of the S-Lang library. It served as the basis for the text mode of the Red Hat installer and for whiptail, a dialog box tool for shell scripts, and plays a role similar to the ncurses-based dialog.

A library for text mode user interfaces.

See also

• TUI
• C/C++

Favorite site

• https://pagure.io/newt