API Reference

Everything you need to build terminal UIs with Silvery.

Components

Layout

Component	Description
Box	Flexbox container — the building block for all layouts
Text	Styled text with colors, bold, italic, underline, links
Newline	Line break between text elements
Spacer	Flexible space that fills available room
Static	Renders content once, outside the rerender cycle

Interactive

Component	Description
SelectList	Keyboard-navigable list with j/k, search, disabled items
TextInput	Single-line input with full readline shortcuts
TextArea	Multi-line text editor with selection and scrolling
ListView	Virtualized list for large datasets (replaces VirtualList)
Tabs	Tab container with h/l keyboard navigation
CommandPalette	Fuzzy-search command launcher (Ctrl+P / ⌘K style)

Display

Component	Description
Table	Data table with columns, alignment, and borders
Spinner	Animated loading indicator (dots, line, arc, bounce)
ProgressBar	Determinate and indeterminate progress display

Deprecated

Component	Replacement
VirtualList	Use ListView instead

Functions

Function	Description
render	Render a React element to the terminal

Hooks

Hook	Description
useContentRect	Get component dimensions during render (container queries for terminals)
useInput	Handle keyboard and mouse input
useApp	Access the app instance (exit, rerender)
useStdout	Access stdout for raw writes
Focus Hooks	Focus management (useFocusable, useFocusScope)

Quick Import

All exports come from one package:

import {
  Box,
  Text,
  SelectList,
  TextInput,
  TextArea,
  ListView,
  Tabs,
  Table,
  Spinner,
  ProgressBar,
  render,
  useContentRect,
  useInput,
  useApp,
} from "silvery"