Command-line tool

zenity

brew/zenity

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

GTK+ dialog boxes for the command-line

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

cargo install zenity

macOS

brew install zenity
cargo install zenity

Linux

brew install zenity
cargo install zenity

Display the default question dialog

zenity --question

Display an info dialog displaying a message

zenity --info --text "message"

Display a name/password form and output the data separated by ";" ("|" by default)

zenity --forms --add-entry "name_label" --add-password "password_label" --separator ";"

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