Terminfo Collection

A curated, public collection of high-quality terminfo source files (.ti) for modern terminal emulators.

Live site: https://terminfo.me

What is this?

Many terminal emulators ship with custom terminfo entries that are missing from older system ncurses databases. This causes broken colors, missing key sequences, and other issues when SSHing into remote machines or using older distributions.

This repository hosts official .ti source files for popular terminals, makes them browsable, and provides a one-line installer that detects your $TERM, downloads the correct entry, and compiles it into ~/.terminfo safely.

Features

• Clean, fast, static Hugo site with a terminal-inspired aesthetic
• Browse and preview all available terminfo entries
• One-liner install script (install.sh) with checksum verification
• Dark-first design, excellent mobile experience
• Deployed automatically to GitHub Pages

Quick Start (Development)

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/ekollof/terminfo.me.git
cd terminfo.me

# Run the Hugo dev server
hugo server --buildDrafts

Adding a New Terminfo Entry

1. Place the .ti source file in static/terminfo/<name>.ti
2. Regenerate checksums:

   cd static/terminfo
   sha256sum *.ti > checksums.txt

3. Open a Pull Request with a clear description

All submissions are reviewed before merging.

Deployment

This site is built and deployed to GitHub Pages automatically via GitHub Actions on every push to main.

To configure Pages:

1. Go to Settings > Pages in your GitHub repository
2. Set Source to GitHub Actions

Security

• The install script never runs tic with elevated privileges
• Only writes to ~/.terminfo within your home directory
• All .ti files are plain text and reviewed before merging
• SHA-256 checksums are provided for optional verification

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Credits

Terminfo entries are sourced from their respective terminal emulator projects and the official ncurses database. See each .ti file for its origin and license.