Show HN: Giggles – A batteries-included React framework for TUIs

Source: Hacker News

Overview

I built a framework that handles focus and input routing automatically for you—something born out of the gaps left by Ink and inspired by Charmbracelet’s Bubble Tea.

Features

• Hierarchical focus and input routing
  Define focus regions with useFocusScope and compose them freely—e.g., a text input inside a list inside a panel just works. Each component owns its keys; unhandled keypresses bubble up to the appropriate parent automatically. No global handler like useInput, no coordination code required.

• UI components (15 total)
  Includes Select, TextInput, Autocomplete, Markdown, Modal, Viewport, CodeBlock (with diff support), VirtualList, CommandPalette, and more. All come with sensible defaults and render‑prop APIs for full customization.

• Terminal process control
  Spawn processes and stream output into your TUI with hooks such as useSpawn and useShellOut. Hand off to external programs like vim or less, and reclaim control cleanly when they exit.

• Screen navigation & keybinding registry
  Built‑in support for navigation, a ? help menu, and theming.

• React 19 compatible

Getting Started

npx create-giggles-app

Documentation & Demos

Live interactive demos and documentation are available at:

Discussion

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