Opentui

Built for anyone doing terminal UI development with OpenTUI's imperative API or React/Solid reconcilers. Covers the full stack from project setup with create-tui through components, layout systems, keyboard handling, and testing. The decision trees help you pick the right framework and find specific components quickly, while the reference structure breaks everything into digestible chunks. What I appreciate is how it handles the gotchas upfront, like the process.exit() trap and text styling quirks that'll bite you otherwise. Good for both quick lookups when you're coding and deeper dives into layout patterns or animation timelines.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add msmps/opentui-skill --skill opentui --agent claude-code

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Files

OpenTUI Platform Skill

Consolidated skill for building terminal user interfaces with OpenTUI. Use decision trees below to find the right framework and components, then load detailed references.

Critical Rules

Follow these rules in all OpenTUI code:

Use create-tui for new projects. See framework REFERENCE.md quick starts.
create-tui options must come before arguments. bunx create-tui -t react my-app works, bunx create-tui my-app -t react does NOT.
Never call process.exit() directly. Use renderer.destroy() (see core/gotchas.md).
Text styling requires nested tags in React/Solid. Use modifier elements, not props (see components/text-display.md).