[!WARNING] This library is a WIP and may have breaking changes and bugs.

mibu

mibu is pure Zig library for low-level terminal manipulation.

Tested with zig version 2024.11.0-mach (0.14.0-dev.2577+271452d22)

Features

• Allocation free.
• UTF-8 support.
• Style (bold, italic, underline, etc).
• Termios / Raw mode.
• 8-16 colors.
• True Color (24-bit RGB).
• Cursor controls.
• Clear(Erase) functions.
• Key events.
• Partial Mouse events. (Click, Scroll, Release)

How to use

First we add the library as a dependency in our build.zig.zon file with the following command.

zig fetch --save git+https://github.com/xyaman/mibu

And we add it to build.zig file.

const mibu_dep = b.dependency("mibu", .{
    .target = target,
    .optimize = optimize,
});

exe.root_module.addImport("mibu", mibu_dep.module("mibu"));

Now we can use the library in our code.

const std = @import("std");
const mibu = @import("mibu");
const color = mibu.color;

pub fn main() void {
    std.debug.print("{s}Hello World in purple!\n", .{color.print.bgRGB(97, 37, 160)});
}

Getting Started

See the examples directory

You can run the examples with the following command:

# Prints text with different colors
zig build color

# Prints what key you pressed, until you press `q` or `ctrl+c`
zig build event

zig build alternate_screen

TODO

• Mouse events
  • Left, middle, right click
  • Scroll up, down
  • Release
  • Modifiers (shift, ctrl, alt)
  • Move
  • Click and move (drag)
• Support all keys events

Projects that use mibu

• zigtris
• chip8 (wip)