Command-line tool

newt

brew/newt

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Library for color text mode, widget based user interfaces

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install newt

Linux

brew install newt

Display a simple message

whiptail --title "title" --msgbox "message" height_in_chars width_in_chars

Display a boolean choice, returning the result through the exit code

whiptail --title "title" --yesno "message" height_in_chars width_in_chars

Customize the text on the yes/no buttons

whiptail --title "title" --yes-button "text" --no-button "text" --yesno "message" height_in_chars width_in_chars

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