Are there any toolkit libraries for curses with Python bindings?

python user-interface toolkit curses
Llamageddon picture Llamageddon · Dec 25, 2011 · Viewed 8.9k times · Source

I'm writing a text-based hex viewer for fun and usefulness(I intend to add syntax highlighting for many different filetypes), and am wondering if there are any curses toolkits I could use.

I will probably write something myself anyway as to familiarize myself with the way gui toolkits work, but it would be nice to know of useful libraries for future reference for myself and others.

Answer

jcollado picture jcollado · Dec 25, 2011

Urwid is the best library to work with curses and python that I know.

Altenatively, you might find also interesting snack (newt-based library).

For more information, please have a look at this question.

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