copier UI abstraction and text UI

[stellarshenson]

Hi, I have built a simple wrapper for copier with copier.yml comprehension so that UI can be modelled after it - with the ability to go back and forth and run transparently with copier.

https://github.com/stellarshenson/copier-tui

I am fully willing to transfer this project to you (or join the organisation and maintain it) if that is something that you may consider

[sisp]

Thanks for sharing your project! It looks very interesting. 🤩 I've been a bit uncertain about our questionnaire-related dependencies questionary and prompt-toolkit because development activity is rather low and some advanced prompting features seem challenging to implement. Although Textualize libraries – despite significant popularity – seem to have moderate activity, too. Changing this part of the code hasn't been my priority though because I've been devoting my time to a partial rewrite with breaking changes, and to reviewing community contributions and fixing vulnerabilities.

I'll try to find some time to give copier-tui a try, for sure the screenshots look more modern and the copier-ui abstraction you've built might open the doors for other frontends as well.

[stellarshenson]

Hey thanks, of course! I am using copier every day, one of my projects - transforms cookiecutter into modern template based system - https://github.com/stellarshenson/copier-data-science and copier-tui helps immensly

I am also willing to move https://github.com/stellarshenson/copier-data-science towards this group of yours so we can maintain it toghether if you want and are willing; This could help the ecosystem and make something that lasts

regarding copier-ui abstraction -> that was the intention; to allow api-based and web based and other access methods to allow create sandboxes, agents and other things for teams using simple access methods

[stellarshenson]

and regarding the backend in the copier-ui and copier-tui (they are kind of twins, one built on another), we can always adapt, point is that the business end of the tool stays the same no matter what.

and copier-tui maintains the canonical syntax of copier 1:1

[stellarshenson]