bash-tui-toolkit/README.md

bash-tui-toolkit
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Toolkit to create simple Terminal UIs using plain bash builtins

## Goals
- provide a simple and clear default set of elements to use creating an interactive terminal UI
- be clean and minimalistic
- zero dependencies to be installed
- parts can be used separately

## Install
1. Download the bundle (entire lib) or single compoennt from [releases](https://github.com/timo-reymann/bash-tui-toolkit/releases)
2. Source the bundle in your script or embed

## Documentation
For a list of available modules and their documentation please check the [docs/modules](./docs/modules) folder

## Tested with

> Since there are some weird combinations/side effects based on the platform you might use there are different side effects that might occur
>
> If you use it on a different platform successfully please create a PR to add a item here :)

| OS      | Version of OS | Terminal emulator | Bash Major Version | Works  
| :------ | :------------ | :---------------- | :----------------- | :----- 
| Ubuntu  | 20            | Tilix             | 4                  | ✔️
| Ubuntu  | 20            | xterm             | 4                  | ✔️
| Ubuntu  | 22            | Tilix             | 5                  | ✔️
| Alpine  | 3             | n/a               | 5                  | ✔️
| MacOS   | Monterey      | iTerm             | 3                  | ✔️
| MacOS   | Monterey      | iTerm2            | 3                  | ✔️
| Windows | 10            | Windows Terminal  | 4                  | ✔️
| Windows | 10            | Git Bash          | 4                  | ✔️

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## Development

### Requirements
- bash 3+
- docker 19+
- GNU make

## Generate documentation
To update the module documentation you just need to run

```sh
make generate-docs
```

This builds the documentation inside a docker container and updates the
repo locally. Afterwards just commit the docs with your code changes

## Build
To combine the script(s) you just need to run

```sh
make build
```

The combined artifacts can be found in `dist/`

## Alternatives
- [kahkhang/Inquirer.sh](https://github.com/kahkhang/Inquirer.sh) - List, Checkbox and Text Input with more advanced
  validation