Vtm: Text-Based Desktop Environment
Published on: 2025-06-27 15:12:30
vtm
It is a text-based application where the entire user interface is represented by a mosaic of text cells forming a TUI matrix. The resulting TUI matrix is just rendered either into its own GUI window or into a compatible text console.
It can wrap any console application and be nested indefinitely, forming a text-based desktop environment.
Supported platforms
Windows Windows 8.1 and later
Unix Linux macOS FreeBSD NetBSD OpenBSD ...
Tested Terminals
Currently, rendering into a native GUI window is only available on the Windows platform; on Unix platforms, a terminal emulator is required.
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