Show HN: Shelgon: A Framework for Building Interactive REPL Shells in Rust
Published on: 2025-06-29 19:32:12
Shelgon
Shelgon is a robust Rust framework for building interactive REPL (Read-Eval-Print Loop) applications and custom shells. It provides a flexible, type-safe foundation with built-in terminal UI capabilities using ratatui .
Features
🛡️ Type-safe Command Execution - Like Shelgon's protective shell, your commands are wrapped in a type-safe interface
- Like Shelgon's protective shell, your commands are wrapped in a type-safe interface 🔄 Async Runtime Integration - Built on tokio for high-performance async operations
- Built on tokio for high-performance async operations 🎨 Beautiful TUI - Powered by ratatui with support for styling and colors
- Powered by ratatui with support for styling and colors ⌨️ Rich Input Handling - Complete keyboard interaction support including: Command history Cursor movement Tab completion Ctrl+C/Ctrl+D handling
- Complete keyboard interaction support including: 📝 Custom Context Support - Maintain state between commands with your own context type
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