CPP-Terminal

CPP-Terminal is organized into several small, usage-oriented headers rather than a single monolithic file:

• cpp-terminal/input.hpp: Functions for gathering keyboard input.
• cpp-terminal/prompt.hpp: Various prompt implementations.
• cpp-terminal/window.hpp: A fully managed terminal window system for Terminal User Interfaces (TUI).
• cpp-terminal/version.hpp: Macros containing the library version number.
• cpp-terminal/terminal.hpp: Core terminal functionality.
• cpp-terminal/color.hpp: Color and styling utilities.

On Windows, you can create or attach a console from a GUI application by using a WinMain entry point and including windows.h.

#include "cpp-terminal/terminal.hpp"
#include "cpp-terminal/color.hpp"
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>

int __stdcall WinMain(HINSTANCE hinst, HINSTANCE hprev, LPSTR cmdline, int show)
{
  std::cout << Term::color_fg(Term::Color::Name::Red) << "Hello world !" << Term::color_fg(Term::Color::Name::Default) << std::endl;
  return 0;
}

You can use CPP-Terminal to add color to your terminal output. You can either use raw ANSI escape codes (which terminal.hpp helps activate) or use the provided Term::color_fg API with Term::Color::Name.

#include "cpp-terminal/terminal.hpp"
#include "cpp-terminal/color.hpp"
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
  std::cout << Term::color_fg(Term::Color::Name::Red) << "Hello world !" << Term::color_fg(Term::Color::Name::Default) << std::endl;
}

CPP-Terminal supports the following platforms and C++ standards:

Note: Windows versions prior to Windows 10 are not supported because they lack the Win32 API functionality for 'raw mode' and ANSI support.