Kui.nvim: A Neovim UI Framework with Kitty Graphics Protocol

Kui.nvim

This project is a neovim UI framework, aiming to use the Kitty graphics protocol to build complex graphical interfaces. This depends on the user having a terminal with support for the kitty graphics protocol as well as libcairo installed.

See kirby.nvim for a more complex example.

See https://github.com/romgrk/kui-demo.nvim for a template showing how to implement the demo above.

Plugins

These plugins are based on kui:

• kirby.nvim

Status & features

Status: experimental, good enough for small use cases

Features:

•  Container system (transpiled from Pixi.JS via TypescriptToLua)
•  Images (I don't remember if I implemented it, TBC)
•  Masks
•  Graphics (lines, rects, ovals, paths)
•  Basic text (size, family, weight, color)
•  Advanced text (highlighted text (think code syntax), proper layout & rendering)
•  Medium-performance rendering (think 30FPS animations, medium surface)
•  High-performance rendering (think 60FPS animations, large surface)

Includes code from:

• pixi.js: MIT
• colord: MIT
• hologram.nvim: MIT
• tstoluaplugin.nvim: MIT

Download Details:

Author: romgrk
Source Code: https://github.com/romgrk/kui.nvim 
License: MIT license

#neovim #framework #ui