NOTCURSES III: THE SAGA CONTINUES (1080P)
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN people share it as a striking demonstration of how much graphics a modern terminal can do.
What it is
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.
Recommended by 4 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2021 to 2024.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec mprovost · 2021-08 · on “Console Desktop Guide (2018)”
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] [this video]
Strong rec gadrev · 2021-12 · on “Hacking the planet with Notcurses: a guide to TUIs (2020) [pdf]”
Ok, if you're looking into notcurses, you may want to watch this: [this video] (~ 6') the WTF effect that video had on me lasted quite a while. I still can't describe it.
Recommends dankamongmen · 2021-08 · on “Notcurses: Blingful TUIs and Character Graphics”
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: [this video]
Recommends easygenes · 2022-03 · on “TUIs”
It’s buried in that list, but Notcurses is fast and challenges assumptions about what can be done in a terminal. [this video]
Cites k4r1 · 2022-07 · on “WordPerfect for UNIX (1992)”
You should try some modern terminals fx.: - Contour [LINK] - Wezterm [LINK] Both fast terminals with modern features and cross platform. Also checkout Notcurses: [LINK] Here is a video of the Notcurses demo running in a terminal: [this video]