Termbox::Go

Termbox::Go is a Perl module that provides a minimalistic API and enables Perl programmers to create text-based user interfaces.

Here are three outstanding advantages:

1 Cross-platform compatibility: The library is cross-platform, providing both terminal-based implementations on *nix operating systems and a WinAPI-based console implementation for Windows operating systems.
2 Abstraction of functions: The basic idea is to abstract the largest common subset of functions available on all major terminals and other terminal-like APIs in a minimalistic way.
3 Simplicity of the API: A small API means that it is easy to implement, test, maintain and learn. This makes termbox a unique library.

Warning

This port of termbox-go is still quite new and still has to prove itself in production use and possibly be improved.

To install the Termbox::Go module type the following:

cpan Termbox::Go

Manual install:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make install

Termbox::Go mainly needs Core modules of Perl >= v5.14, but also requires these modules:

If the module is used under Windows, some standard Win32 libraries (which are delivered with your Perl distribution) are required:

For examples of what you can do, see the various examples in the example/ directory. You can try them out via:

perl example/hello_world.pl

Termbox::Go is a port of termbox-go.