react-simple-terminal-ui

A simple react component to display an interactive terminal. You can define commands yourself, customize the styling and choose between different window frames.

Checkout the Demo

Usage

import { TerminalUi } from 'react-simple-terminal-ui';
import "react-simple-terminal-ui/dist/styles.css"

const commands = [{
  command: "help", print: <div>
      <b>print</b> print something<br />
      <b>alert</b> show an alert<br />
      <br/>
  </div>
},
{ command: "print", print: "Hello world!"},
{ command: "alert", callback: () => alert("this is an alert triggered by a callback.") }]

const initialFeed =  ["Please type help for a list of commands."]

const Example = () => {

    return <TerminalUi
            initialFeed={initialFeed}
            prompt='[visitor@my-desktop]$ '
            commands={commands}
            blinkerChar={"_"}
            frame={"Win98"}
            commandNotFoundMessage={cmd => `Sorry, I can't find '${cmd}'`}
           />
}

Props

TerminalUi

Name	Type	Function	Default	Optional
commands	Array	Array of commands (see below)	-
style	object	style for the root component	-	✓
title	string	a title that is shown in the title section of the window frames	prompt/unset	✓
initialFeed	Array<string|ReactNode>	Initial records that are shown before the first prompt	-	✓
className	string	className for the root component	-	✓
recordClassName	string	className for each record component	-	✓
prompt	string	The prompt string that is shown in the beginning of each new line	"$"	✓
commandNotFoundMessage	(cmd: string) => string	custom message if the command was not found	(cmd) => command '${cmd}' not found.	✓
blinkerComponent	ReactNode	define your own blinking-component	-	✓
blinkerChar	string	the char that blinks (e.g. '_')	-	✓
frame	"None", "Win98", "MacOs", "GnomeUbuntu"	The window frame that is going to be used	"None"	✓

Command

Name	Type	Function	Default	Optional
command	string	the command that needs to be typed in the terminal
print	string	ReactNode	the content that is rendered when the command matches.	✓
callback	Function	a callback that is executed when the command matches.	✓

License

MIT © movcmpret