tuikit TUI Testing Toolkit

Example Use Cases

• 1

  Programmatically test and interact with terminal-based user interfaces.

• 2

  Automate TUI applications without requiring a graphical display.

• 3

  Record and replay terminal sessions for repeatable test suites.

Description

tuikit is a terminal user interface (TUI) testing toolkit built in Zig, enabling AI agents to spawn, control, and assert against TUI applications without a display. It uses real terminal emulation with PTY-backed processes and Ghostty's VT parser to provide accurate screen state and cell-level inspection. The MCP server exposes tools for starting sessions, sending input, querying screen content, waiting for conditions, resizing terminals, recording, and replaying sessions, facilitating automated and repeatable TUI testing.