# Textual Python TUI Application Framework by Textualize

> Textual is a lean application framework for Python that lets you build sophisticated terminal user interfaces with a simple API. Apps built with Textual run in the terminal and can also be served in a web browser, making it ideal for dashboards, data explorers, and developer tools.

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- Updated: 2026-09-08
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# Textual Python TUI Application Framework by Textualize

Textual is a lean application framework for Python that lets you build sophisticated terminal user interfaces with a simple API. Apps built with Textual run in the terminal and can also be served in a web browser, making it ideal for dashboards, data explorers, and developer tools.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- pip install textual textual-dev

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- [![Supported Python Versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/textual)](https://pypi.org/project/textual/)
- Build cross-platform user interfaces with a simple Python API. Run your apps in the terminal *or* a web browser.
- Textual's API combines modern Python with the best of developments from the web world, for a lean app development experience.

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- app.run()
- See [getting started](https://textual.textualize.io/getting_started/) for details.
- <img src="https://img.spacergif.org/spacer.gif" width="1" height="32"/>

- Source: https://github.com/Textualize/textual
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Textualize/textual/HEAD/README.md

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