Ito
Create and try terminal interfaces with Lua.
Ito launched on 14 October 2026. It ranked #34 on Daily Launch on 15 October 2026 with a Launch Score of 45, from 61 points on Show HN. It was new in the ranking that day.
What is Ito?
My friend and I are huge Neovim nerds. We like to rice our terminals and our editors. We just wanted a harness that we can do the same with, rice it till our hearts' desire. So, we started looking out for harnesses. Pi was great, Pi was good. But in the end, it was JavaScript. I don't have anything against JavaScript, but Lua is more fitting, and I can just as easily base it in Rust to make it even faster.
From its Hacker News post
Ito is a launch on Show HN.
Image from uji.sh
In its own words
Build Terminal UIs in Lua
From its Show HN post
Launch timeline
Launch Score, last 7 days
Ranked on one day so far: 45 of 100 on 15 October.