Probably I am getting old, but more and more I am thinking about user interfaces for native apps, more and more I am convinced that most portable “framework” is virtual #terminal escape sequences and #sixels, now even supported in windows terminal. So #linux isn’t alone in it.

#WindowsTerminal 1.22 is out this week, bringing support for the long-awaited #sixels

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-terminal-preview-1-22-release/

There's a bunch of other stuff in there too - command snippets, winget suggestions, a big rewrite of how conpty works, etc.

It's probably the biggest release we've ever had, following the biggest release ever, following the biggest....

Made a tiny implementation of #sixels rendering for #uxn. Here it is in the very odd case anyone else needs it.

source: https://git.sr.ht/~rabbits/uxn-utils/tree/main/item/gui/sixels/sixels.tal#L15
docs: https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/sixels.html

Of course, #hexels and #sixels would be different things that both exist.

https://marmoset.co/hexels/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixel

draw #sixels with your mouse in the terminal from a microcontroller #forth over uart. Everything you need for a gui without resorting to gtk, qt on the host.

https://hub.darcs.net/pointfree/forth-sixel/browse/paint.4th