Dashing is a library to quickly create terminal-based dashboards in Nim.
Dashing provides high-level components: vertical and horizontal charts, gauges, log panes, text windows and screen splitting. It’s built on top of the terminal module.
Similar libraries for other languages: dashing termui blessed blessed-contrib
Installation
Use packages from your Linux distribution, or:
nimble install dashingUsage
import terminal
from os import sleep
import dashing
proc demo() =
erase_screen()
var ui = Tile(kind:HSplit, title:"foo", border_color:"f00", items: @[
Tile(kind:VSplit, items: @[
Tile(kind:HGauge, val:50, title:"only title", border_color:"f88"),
Tile(kind:HGauge, label:"only label", val:20, border_color:"f88"),
Tile(kind:HGauge, label:"only label", val:30, border_color:"f88"),
Tile(kind:HGauge, label:"only label", val:50, border_color:"f88"),
Tile(kind:HGauge, label:"only label", val:80, border_color:"f88"),
Tile(kind:HGauge, val:20),
Tile(kind:HGauge, label:"label, no border", val:55),
Tile(kind:HSplit, items: @[
Tile(kind:VGauge, val:0),
Tile(kind:VGauge, val:5),
Tile(kind:VGauge, val:30),
Tile(kind:VGauge, val:50),
Tile(kind:VGauge, val:80),
Tile(kind:VGauge, val:95),
]),
]),
Tile(kind:VSplit, items: @[
Tile(kind:HSplit, border_color:"0ff"),
Tile(kind:HChart, border_color:"0f0", low_color:"2d2", high_color:"bfb"),
Tile(kind:Log, title:"logs", border_color:"000"),
]),
Tile(kind:HSplit, items: @[
# Tile(kind:VGauge, val:95, low_color:"2d2", high_color:"22d"),
# Tile(kind:VGauge, val:95, low_color:"2d2", high_color:"22d"),
# Tile(kind:VGauge, val:95, low_color:"2d2", high_color:"22d"),
# Tile(kind:VGauge, val:95, low_color:"0c0", high_color:"c00"),
Tile(kind:Text, text:"Hello World,\nthis is dashing.", border_color:"000"),
Tile(kind:Log, title:"logs", border_color:"000"),
Tile(kind:VChart, border_color:"", color:""),
Tile(kind:HChart, border_color:"0f0", low_color:"2d2", high_color:"bfb"),
Tile(kind:HBrailleChart, border_color:"", color:""),
Tile(kind:HBrailleFilledChart, border_color:"", color:"")
])
])
ui.items[0].items[0].val = 0.5
sleep 1000
set_cursor_at(0, terminal_height() - 1)