The latest articles on DEV Community by Adnan Ahamed (@adnanahamed66772ndpc). https://dev.to/adnanahamed66772ndpc https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4047345%2Fe65121e9-6b0d-47ef-8671-46edbf412b0a.png https://dev.to/adnanahamed66772ndpc en Adnan Ahamed Sat, 25 Jul 2026 22:34:12 +0000 https://dev.to/adnanahamed66772ndpc/how-i-built-shinyshell-127-terminal-features-with-zero-dependencies-2g8a https://dev.to/adnanahamed66772ndpc/how-i-built-shinyshell-127-terminal-features-with-zero-dependencies-2g8a <p>`I spent months building a Python terminal library that rivals Rich's feature set but uses zero external dependencies. Here's the technical breakdown.</p> <h2> What It Does </h2> <p>from shinyshell import Shell<br> sh = Shell()</p> <p>📊 Charts — pie, bar, line, histogram, scatter, waterfall, heatmap, gauge<br> 📋 Tables — professional tables with 5 border styles<br> 🎮 Games — slot machine, dice roller, magic 8 ball, coin flip<br> 📱 QR Codes — generated entirely from stdlib (hashlib!)<br> 💻 Dev Tools — syntax highlighting, diff viewer, git log, HTTP client<br> 🔧 Decorators — trace, @retry, @throttle, @background<br> ⌨️ Interactive — arrow-key menu, forms, autocomplete, password input<br> 🎨 Effects — confetti, matrix rain, typewriter, neon, rainbow, marquee</p> <h2> The Zero-Dependency Constraint </h2> <p>The entire library uses only Python standard library. No pip install nightmares. Every color, every table border, every animation — built from sys.stdout.write() and ANSI escape sequences.</p> <h2> Windows was Hard </h2> <p>CMD doesn't support ANSI by default. Had to use ctypes + kernel32 to enable virtual terminal processing. Windows Terminal works perfectly, cmd.exe has limited Unicode.</p> <h2> Arrow-Key Menu </h2> <p>Raw terminal I/O with tty.setraw() — reading \x1b[A for up arrow, \x1b[B for down. Platform-specific and surprisingly nuanced.</p> <h2> Cross-Platform </h2> <p>✅ Ubuntu / macOS Terminal / iTerm2 / Windows Terminal / PowerShell / Docker / GitHub Actions</p> <h2> Numbers </h2> <p>127 features | 0 dependencies | ~3200 lines | 3.8+ Python</p> <h2> Try It </h2> <p>pip install shinyshell<br> from shinyshell import Shell<br> sh = Shell()<br> sh.confetti() # 🎉</p> <p>GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/adnanahamed66772ndpc/shinyshell" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/adnanahamed66772ndpc/shinyshell</a><br> PyPI: <a href="https://pypi.org/project/shinyshell/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://pypi.org/project/shinyshell/</a></p> <p>Built with ❤️ in Dhaka 🇧🇩<br> `</p> python opensource cli terminal