Show HN: Pilates – pure TypeScript flex layout for terminal UIs
Pilates is a new flex layout engine designed specifically for terminal UIs, built entirely in TypeScript. It offers a separation of concerns by providing a core layout engine independent of any UI framework, allowing for flexible and efficient terminal applications. The engine supports various features such as CJK and emoji awareness, and it includes an out-of-the-box renderer for styled string output.
- ▪Pilates is a headless flex layout engine for terminal UIs, built in pure TypeScript with zero runtime dependencies.
- ▪It separates the layout engine from UI frameworks, allowing users to compute layouts independently.
- ▪The engine supports features like integer cell coordinates, CJK and emoji awareness, and ANSI escape passthrough.
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| Original publisher | GitHub |
| Canonical URL | https://github.com/pilatesjs/pilates |
| Publication time | Sat, 23 May 2026 05:48:46 +0000 |
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Headless flex layout engine for terminal UIs. Pure TypeScript, zero runtime dependencies. 📖 API reference Pilates is a flex layout engine designed for the terminal: integer cell coordinates, CJK / emoji / wide-char awareness, ANSI escape passthrough, and unbundled from any UI framework. Use it directly to compute layouts, or wrap the included renderer to produce styled strings. import { render } from '@pilates/render'; process.stdout.write( render({ width: 80, height: 6, flexDirection: 'row', children: [ { flex: 1, border: 'rounded', title: 'Logs', children: [{ text: 'user logged in' }] }, { width: 20, border: 'single', title: 'Status', children: [{ text: 'ok', color: 'green', bold: true }] }, ], }), ); // ╭─ Logs ───────────────────────────────────────────────────╮┌─ Status ─────────┐…
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