Finch

A .net core library for nice console UI

Features

In order of implementation plans...

Level 1: extended console interface

• move cursor around
• enable special formatting operators
• set colors
• etc...

Level 2: screen buffer

• batch changes and flush them in one-call to the screen
• support for media content

Level 3: GUI toolkit

• borders, windows, labels, buttons and more
• simple window management system
• maybe basic xaml support?

How to build

Hit F5.

FAQ

NuGet?

Later-ish™

Why "Finch"?

http://personofinterest.wikia.com/wiki/Harold_Finch

Wasn't Finch a WindowsUI/Composition library before?

Yes it was, but I abandoned that as the planned features either became part of the Windows SDK or the official WindowsUI toolkit.