Tachikoma.jl is a pure-Julia framework for building rich, interactive terminal applications. It uses an Elm-inspired Model/update!/view architecture with a 60fps event loop, double-buffered rendering, 30+ composable widgets, and built-in recording/export. GitHub: github.com/kahliburke/Tachikoma.jl …

[image] kahliburke: I’m totally fine if you were to submit a PR that was 100% generated using LLM based coding assistants. … It would be super cool if you had your agent write a bunch of unit tests too, I think there are over 4k such tests in the framework now. That’s the sort of attitude t…

[image] Mikhail_Kagalenko: That’s the sort of attitude that, among other things, strongly motivates me to avoid having anything to do with LLM-coded software. Hey, no offense taken. I encourage everyone to have the freedom to choose the code that they incorporate into their projects, the way…

[image] Mikhail_Kagalenko: That’s the sort of attitude that, among other things, strongly motivates me to avoid having anything to do with LLM-coded software. It’s also very borderline with respect to the requirements for registered packages ! There’s a very fine line here between AI-assisted …

[image] goerz: It’s also very borderline with respect to the requirements for registered packages ! There’s a very fine line here between AI-assisted coding and code deployed by LLMs without human intervention, aka vibe-coding, which is NOT acceptable for registered packages. I’m sorry, maybe …

[image] kahliburke: Have you tried Tachikoma.jl ? :laughing: Do you think that it’s “acceptable”? Only via checking out Sessions, and having a glance at the README. At this point, I do think it looks very interesting, and it also does seem “acceptable” by the standards of the General registry.…

[image] goerz: I’m going to assume that comment was a bit tongue-in-cheek, and not something you do on a regular basis. No, I meant that sincerely. I would definitely do that.

@kahliburke you are doing an excellent work!

[image] goerz: Right, exactly, the “serious work” is a key part here. I do think you’re putting in that serious work, so you’re fine. But it’s easy to let things get away from you with agentic coding… These agents can very quickly produce more amounts of code than an human can reasonably still p…

Hello to all you robot lovers out there! Good news for you tonight, the Julia registry minions are hard at work packaging up the brand new 🌗 Tachikoma.jl v1.1.3 -- your terminal no longer has to live in the dark. 🌑 → ☀️ This release adds light mode with 13 new light themes (24 total), ANSI escape…

Quick update, pushing out a minor patch release right now: v1.1.4 - errors in @spawn’d apps no longer disappear into the void. Thanks to @Ronis_BR for identifying and reporting this. :satellite_antenna: Release v1.1.4 · kahliburke/Tachikoma.jl Patch release. Fix error swallowing when…

[ANN] Tachikoma.jl — A terminal UI framework for Julia

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kahliburke March 17, 2026, 4:24am 83

No, I meant that sincerely. I would definitely do that.

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[ANN] Tachikoma.jl — A terminal UI framework for Julia

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