THE VIDEO SHELF · terminal user interfaces
NOTCURSES III: THE SAGA CONTINUES (1080P)
A seven-minute demo from the author of Notcurses, a C library for text user interfaces. It shows the 2.3.0 release, which adds Sixel and Kitty bitmap graphics integrated into its multiplane character-graphics model.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN people share it as a striking demonstration of how much graphics a modern terminal can do.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Nick Black
- Topic
- terminal user interfaces
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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If you haven't seen the work Nick Black is doing with notcurses [0] it's pretty amazing to see what it can do with bitmapped graphics in a modern terminal. Makes me wonder if we're ready for a resurgence of TUIs with full motion graphics. [0] …
mprovost on Hacker News · 2021-08
In Console Desktop Guide (2018)Ok, if you're looking into notcurses, you may want to watch this: [VIDEO] (~ 6') the WTF effect that video had on me lasted quite a while. I still can't describe it.
gadrev on Hacker News · 2021-12
In Hacking the planet with Notcurses: a guide to TUIs (2020) [pdf]hey there! this is my project of close to two years. happy to answer any questions anyone might have! if you haven't seen it, you might enjoy the Notcurses III hype video: [VIDEO]
dankamongmen on Hacker News · 2021-08
In Notcurses: Blingful TUIs and Character Graphics
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.