Warning

This project is a work in progress and should not be considered production-ready.

A C++ TUI framework inspired by tkinter, easy to learn, fast to code, beginner friendly.

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Resources

• Documentation:
• Source: https://github.com/Aintdev/CroissanTUI

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CroissanTUI is a easy-to-use C++ Text User Interface Framework, written entirely from scratch and inspired by Python's tkinter for cross-platform applications. It has easy usage and a gentle learning curve, making it perfect for smaller projects.

Key features:

• KWARGs: instead of structs like ButtonConfig to configure Widgets, CroissanTUI uses keyword arguments thats inspired by Python's keyword arguments.
• Text Modifiers: different characters and words inside a Label can be rendered with different colors without having to create separate widgets, using TextStreams as a way to store text data.

  ctui::Label(&parent, 
      text << "Normal text | " 
          << Color::Red << "Red Text | " 
          << GraphicMod::Italic << "Italic red text |" 
          << GraphicMod::ResetAll << "Normal text") // <- Argument evaluates to a TextStream

• Live Updates via Lambdas: TextStream tokens can also be std::function<std::string()>, letting a Label display live values by capturing a reference to an outside object — e.g. [&score]() { return std::to_string(score); } so the text updates automatically whenever the referenced value changes.

  ctui::Label(&parent, 
      text << "Score: " 
          << [&score]() { return std::string(score); },
      align = End);

Requirements

Task	C++ Standard
Build from source	C++20
Use the precompiled library	C++17

Note: The library implementation uses C++20 features internally. The public API is compatible with C++17, so applications linking against the precompiled library only require a C++17 compiler.

Installation

Quick Start