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title: "Ito"
description: "Declarative terminal UI library for Lua inspired by SwiftUI, with state, VStack and HStack composition, modifiers, and a browser playground workshop."
canonical: "https://vibing.inc/library/ito-vg-2512"
category: "Dev Utilities & Vibe-Coding Tooling"
subcategory: "Editor & terminal"
license: "MIT"
author: "uji-labs"
source: "https://github.com/uji-labs/ito"
---

# Ito
Declarative terminal UI library for Lua inspired by SwiftUI, with state, VStack and HStack composition, modifiers, and a browser playground workshop.
## Facts
- Source: https://github.com/uji-labs/ito
- Category: Dev Utilities & Vibe-Coding Tooling / Editor & terminal
- Author: uji-labs
- Licence: MIT
- Tags: tui, lua, terminal, declarative-ui
## Why it's a gem
SwiftUI-style TUIs in a tiny scripting language, learnable live in the browser.
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Listed in The Vibeary: https://vibing.inc/library/ito-vg-2512 · JSON: https://vibing.inc/api/public/library/gems/ito-vg-2512