---
title: "I built a GUI in the terminal (with PHP)"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-built-a-gui-in-the-terminal-with-php--ogzpxkcvn
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcgrkM54A9w
type: video:youtube
source: "Aaron Francis"
published: 2025-01-31T17:40:17.750Z
updated: 2025-01-31T17:40:43.138Z
tags: ["open-source", "php", "laravel", "cli"]
reading_time: 11
upvotes: 31
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# I built a GUI in the terminal (with PHP)

**[Aaron Francis](https://daily.dev/sources/aarondfrancis)** · 11 min read · 31 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

The post details the creation of a Textual User Interface (TUI) in the terminal using PHP for Laravel. The application, named Solo, is designed to manage every command needed for running a Laravel application, featuring scroll bars, tabs, and popups. Solo allows for tasks like tailing logs, running various commands, and managing vendor frames with hotkeys and an interactive mode. It's highly configurable and includes features like lazy commands that don’t auto-start but are available when needed.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcgrkM54A9w>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@blag** · 0 upvotes

> That's wild 🤯 Thanks for sharing! 😎

**@rucaua** · 0 upvotes

> unbelievable. I wanna same for Yii2. Will fork.

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