Promptui
Languages and libraries
cli prompt library
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
3 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Idea: 1 for, 2 againstDocs: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Screencast shows it compellingly; good to see vim movement support
From 2 comments
The single screencast is pretty compelling, I'd suggest just screencasting everything from the examples and adding to your landing page. Don't have an immediate use but I like it.
hammerandtongs on HNrich cli prompts is an oxymoron, but I'm glad you support vim movement: https://github.com/manifoldco/promptui/blob/master/select.go#L33
tty7 on HN
Objections
Rich CLI prompts seen as a contradiction; web-style dancing UI unwelcome in terminal
From 2 comments
rich cli prompts is an oxymoron, but I'm glad you support vim movement: https://github.com/manifoldco/promptui/blob/master/select.go#L33
tty7 on HNI so much agree. There's enough dancing baloney on the web, we don't need it infecting the command line. Just say no.
ams6110 on HN
Requests
Add screencasts of examples to readme or examples folder
From 1 comment
The single screencast is pretty compelling, I'd suggest just screencasting everything from the examples and adding to your landing page. Don't have an immediate use but I like it.
hammerandtongs on HN
Questions
Does it work on Linux given emoji support?
From 1 comment
Have you tried it in Linux ? Emojis are not available there.
roadbeats on HN
Alternatives named
survey (AlecAivazis) Go prompt library
From 2 comments
https://github.com/AlecAivazis/survey is a little bit better. I haven't compared it with promptui, yet, however.
alpb on HNIt's pretty great to see so many different takes on these visual prompts! Going through the source, it looks pretty similar to an early version of one of my projects - have you…
AlecAivazis on HN
ishell Go shell framework
From 1 comment
I'd recommend people also check out ishell https://github.com/abiosoft/ishell I've used it in a project before and absolutely loved the API + autocomplete functionality.
deadliftdouche on HN
Inquirer.js for JavaScript
From 1 comment
Any language in particular? For JavaScript I'd recommend https://github.com/SBoudrias/Inquirer.js
luizbranco on HN
prompt_toolkit for Python
From 1 comment
prompt_toolkit is, IMO, the standard by which all of these types of libraries should be measured. It's incredibly easy to get started with, and lets you build crazy wonderful…
quodlibetor on HN