Command-line tool

gum

brew/gum

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Tool for glamorous shell scripts shell bash

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id charmbracelet.gum -e
scoop install charm-gum

macOS

brew install gum

Linux

brew install gum

Interactively pick a specific option to print to `stdout`

gum choose "option1" "option2" "..."

Open an interactive prompt for the user to input a string with a specific placeholder

gum input --placeholder "value"

Open an interactive confirmation prompt and exit with either `<0>` or `<1>`

gum confirm "Continue?" --default=false --affirmative "Yes" --negative "No" && echo "Yes selected" 

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