tui-chan
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Terminal User Interface for 4chan
tui-chan
An Imageboard Terminal User Interface. Currently supports only 4chan.

Installation
Download the latest release. The binary executable is tui-chan. Put it in your PATH so that you can execute it from everywhere.
Then run it from the command line.
tui-chan
You may specify an imageboard name as an argument, the default one is 4chan.
Building from source
If your architecture is not supported by the pre-built binaries you can build the application from the source code yourself. Make sure you have Rust installed.
git clone https://github.com/tuqqu/tui-chan.git
cd tui-chan
cargo install --path . # copies binary to /.cargo/bin/
# to uninstall run
cargo uninstall
Controls
Press h to show / hide help bar to look up controls.
Use d or -> to open board or thread and a or <- to return to the previous panel.
| Description | Keys |
|---|---|
| Move around | w,a,s,d or arrow keys |
| Move quickly | control + w,a,s,d |
| Toggle help bar | h |
| Next page | p |
| Previous page | control + p |
| Reload page | r |
| Toggle fullscreen for the selected panel | z |
| Copy the direct url to the selected thread or post | c |
| Copy the selected post media (image/webm) url | control + c |
| Open the selected thread or post in browser | o |
| Open the selected post media (image/webm) in browser | control + o |
| Quit | q |