Changing to FTXUI for a more robust and user friendly TUI

.forgejo/workflows/build.yaml

@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Compile tux-dock
         run: |
-          g++ -std=c++17 main.cpp -o tux-dock
+          cmake -S . -B build
+          cmake --build build -j
+          cp build/tux-dock ./tux-dock
           chmod +x tux-dock
           echo "🎉 tux-dock compiled and marked executable!"
 
@@ -42,4 +44,3 @@ jobs:
           name: tux-dock-linux-x86_64-${{ env.BRANCH }}-${{ env.COMMIT }}
           path: tux-dock-linux-x86_64-${{ env.BRANCH }}-*.tar.gz
 
-

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build/

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+
+project(tux-dock LANGUAGES CXX)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+
+include(FetchContent)
+
+set(FTXUI_BUILD_DOCS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(FTXUI_BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(FTXUI_BUILD_TESTS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+
+FetchContent_Declare(
+  ftxui
+  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/ArthurSonzogni/FTXUI.git
+  GIT_TAG v5.0.0
+)
+
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(ftxui)
+
+add_executable(tux-dock main.cpp)
+
+target_link_libraries(tux-dock
+  PRIVATE
+    ftxui::screen
+    ftxui::dom
+    ftxui::component
+)

README.md

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ It offers a clean, interactive menu for common Docker operations like pulling im
 
 - **C++17 or newer** compiler
   (e.g., `g++`, `clang++`)
+- **CMake 3.16+**
 - **Docker Engine** installed and running
   (tested on Debian 12/13, Alpine Linux, and Arch Linux)
 
@@ -36,12 +37,13 @@ It offers a clean, interactive menu for common Docker operations like pulling im
 git clone https://mentalnet.xyz/forgejo/markmental/tuxdock.git
 cd tuxdock
 
-# Build the binary
-g++ -std=c++17 main.cpp -o tux-dock
+# Configure & build (FTXUI is fetched automatically)
+cmake -S . -B build
+cmake --build build -j
 
 # Run it (requires Docker permissions)
-sudo ./tux-dock
-````
+sudo ./build/tux-dock
+```
 
 Prefer a prebuilt binary? The CI runner publishes build artifacts for the latest commits at:
 https://mentalnet.xyz/forgejo/markmental/tuxdock/actions

compile.sh

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-g++ -std=c++17 main.cpp -o tux-dock && echo "tux-dock successfully compiled!"
+cmake -S . -B build && cmake --build build -j && echo "tux-dock successfully compiled!"