> I'm not saying htop and emacs are show-off projects...

> TUIs are show-off projects most of the time.

Your statement and anecdotes means nothing and are meaningless since you provided 0 examples of the preported "show off" TUI projects.

Maybe you should re-read what you said again before backpedalling after I gave solid counter examples and you provided none.

The screenshot in the post demonstrates show-off TUIs.

That git TUI doesn't offer anything over `git` CLI.

The network / battery / performance TUI is redundant with the tools in the window menu bar.

I love the aesthetic of TUIs but their actual day-to-day install base and usage must pale in comparison to CLIs and GUIs.

	▲	colesantiago 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The whole point of a TUI is that it is faster than typing hundreds of commands and options you're likely to forget and made a mistake on. That is not 'showing off'. And you providing anecdotes based on a single blog post doesn't change that. TUIs are not for everyone sure, but they also save developers a lot of time typing and using a mouse. I don't even like TUIs and this is obvious.