Dimitris Vatistas

I Built STRM: A Movie Search TUI for the Terminal

I recently built STRM, an open-source terminal application that lets you search for movies without leaving the command line.

Why I built it

I like terminal applications and wanted to create a movie-search experience that felt clean, fast, and easy to navigate.

Instead of building another basic command that prints plain text, I wanted STRM to feel like a complete application running inside the terminal.

Built from scratch

I built the entire project myself.

I spent hours designing the interface, implementing the functionality, testing the navigation, fixing bugs, and improving how everything looks and behaves inside different terminal sizes.

Building a TUI presented some interesting challenges because terminal applications have limited space and need to work entirely through keyboard controls.

Features

  • Search for movies from the terminal
  • Clean terminal user interface
  • Keyboard-based navigation
  • Fast and lightweight experience
  • Open-source code

Try it

You can find the source code and installation instructions on GitHub:

https://github.com/vatistasdimitris01/STRM

Feedback, bug reports, feature suggestions, and contributions are welcome.

If you like the project, consider giving it a star on GitHub.

What features would you add to a terminal movie application?

This article was written with AI assistance and reviewed by me. STRM itself was designed and built by me.