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Apps similar to libtcod include Ratatui, which is free and open source. Other options are ncurses, rot.js, BearLibTerminal and tui-rs. In total there are six Roguelike Games like libtcod for Linux, Mac, Windows, the web and self-hosting.

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  1. Ratatui icon

    Ratatui

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    Ratatui is a Rust library for cooking up delicious text user interfaces (TUIs). It is a lightweight library that provides a set of widgets and utilities to build simple or complex rust TUIs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Rust
    • Self-Hosted
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    ncurses

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    ncurses (new curses) is a programming library that provides an API which allows the programmer to write text-based user interfaces in a terminal-independent manner. It is a toolkit for developing "GUI-like" application software that runs under a terminal emulator.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  4. rot.js icon

    rot.js

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    rot.js was designed to provide help with traditional chores of roguelike programming. It does not use or depend on any other JS framework or library. It is an Open Source Software released under the BSD License.

    6 rot.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  5. B

    BearLibTerminal

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    BearLibTerminal is a library that creates a terminal-like window facilitating flexible textual output and uncomplicated input processing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. tui-rs icon

    tui-rs

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    tui-rs is a Rust library to build rich terminal user interfaces and dashboards. The library is based on the principle of immediate rendering with intermediate buffers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  8. FTXUI icon

    FTXUI

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    FTXUI is a simple C++ library for terminal based user interfaces featuring a functional style inspired by React, UTF8 and fullwidth char support and keyboard and mouse navigation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • European Union flagEU
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