{"categories":[{"label":"Terminals","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/terminals"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Jinxed provides pure-Python implementations of curses terminfo functions (setupterm, tigetstr, tparm, and related) that work cross-platform, including Windows, without requiring system curses libraries.","skillfed_tags":["cross-platform","terminal-control","windows-support"],"use_cases":["Building cross-platform terminal UI libraries that need terminfo capabilities on Windows without system dependencies","Extending blessed or other terminal libraries to work reliably on Windows with proper terminal sequences","Querying terminal capabilities programmatically in pure Python without relying on system curses","Implementing terminal control sequences that adapt to different terminal types across operating systems"],"what_it_does":"Jinxed is a pure-Python implementation of a subset of the Python curses library, designed to provide terminal capability functions on all platforms with a virtual terminfo database. It implements setupterm(), tigetflag(), tigetnum(), tigetstr(), and tparm() \u2014 functions normally available only through system curses on Unix-like systems \u2014 and makes them work on Windows and other platforms that lack native curses support.\n\nOriginally created to supply Windows support for the blessed terminal library, Jinxed has evolved to include a subset of the ncurses 6.6 terminfo database and support for dynamic injection capabilities like XTGETTCAP. It depends on ansicon for runtime functionality and is actively maintained across Python 2.7 and Python 3.5 through 3.15, supporting both CPython and PyPy.","worth_installing":"Yes. Jinxed is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and solves a real problem: providing curses terminfo functions on Windows and other platforms where system curses is unavailable or difficult to install. The low install friction and single dependency make it a practical choice for projects that need cross-platform terminal capability queries. Install it if you're building terminal UIs that must work reliably on Windows."},"id":"jinxed","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/jinxed","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/jinxed.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/jinxed/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-07-03","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"copyleft","name":"jinxed","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Jinxed Terminal Library"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":7179877,"position":1775,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"2.1.0"}