unibilium ☆

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Description:
Very basic terminfo library

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: terminfo c-library terminal ncurses development

Install: brew install unibilium

About:
Unibilium is a minimal, self-contained terminfo library. It focuses on parsing terminfo capabilities and providing basic accessors, avoiding heavy dependencies like the full ncurses library. This makes it ideal for lightweight applications like terminal emulators or editors that need terminfo support without the overhead.

Key Features:

Minimal dependencies (no ncurses required)
Simple API for parsing terminfo databases
Focuses on capability retrieval, not terminal I/O
Written in C for portability

Use Cases:

Embedding terminfo support in terminal emulators
Lightweight terminfo parsing for text editors like Neovim
Building CLI tools that need to query terminal capabilities

Alternatives:

ncurses – ncurses is a comprehensive library handling both terminfo and terminal I/O, whereas Unibilium strictly handles terminfo parsing for a much smaller footprint.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 10, 2025 11:23pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	6e01fde6
Sep 14, 2024 11:09am		0	VERSION_BUMP	29dbfd97