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name: bubbletea description: Browse Bubbletea TUI framework documentation and examples. Use when working with Bubbletea components, models, commands, or building terminal user interfaces in Go.

Bubbletea Documentation

Bubbletea is a Go framework for building terminal user interfaces based on The Elm Architecture.

Key Resources

When you need to understand Bubbletea patterns or find examples:

1. Examples README - Overview of all available examples: https://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea/blob/main/examples/README.md

2. Examples Directory - Full source code for all examples: https://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea/tree/main/examples

How to Use

1. First, fetch the examples README to get an overview of available examples:

   CopyWebFetch https://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea/blob/main/examples/README.md
   

2. Once you identify a relevant example, fetch its source code from the examples directory.

Common Examples to Reference

• list - List component with filtering
• table - Table component
• textinput - Text input handling
• textarea - Multi-line text input
• viewport - Scrollable content
• paginator - Pagination
• spinner - Loading spinners
• progress - Progress bars
• tabs - Tab navigation
• help - Help text/keybindings display

Core Concepts

• Model: Application state
• Update: Handles messages and returns updated model + commands
• View: Renders the model to a string
• Cmd: Side effects that produce messages
• Msg: Events that trigger updates

Related Charm Libraries

• Bubbles: Pre-built components (github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles)
• Lipgloss: Styling and layout (github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss)
• Glamour: Markdown rendering (github.com/charmbracelet/glamour)