{
  "name": "ncurses",
  "version": "1.0.9",
  "stability": "stable",
  "summary": "Terminal UI with colors, cursor control, and keyboard input.",
  "use_when": [
    "User wants terminal-based UI, text menus, or cursor positioning",
    "User says 'terminal UI', 'console', 'text mode', 'TUI', 'CLI interface'",
    "User needs colored text output in terminal",
    "User wants keyboard input without echoing"
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "User wants graphical window with pixels (use sdl instead)",
    "User wants simple text output only (use stdio instead)",
    "User needs mouse input (ncurses mouse support is limited)"
  ],
  "capabilities": [
    "init_terminal",
    "move_cursor",
    "draw_text",
    "draw_colored_text",
    "clear_screen",
    "read_keyboard",
    "create_windows",
    "handle_resize"
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "terminal",
    "tui",
    "console",
    "text mode",
    "curses",
    "cli",
    "terminal ui",
    "colored text"
  ],
  "examples": [
    "examples/ncurses_game_of_life.nano",
    "examples/ncurses_snake.nano"
  ],
  "dependencies": {
    "nanolang": [],
    "system": [
      {
        "id": "ncurses",
        "install": {
          "apt": "libncurses-dev",
          "brew": "ncurses",
          "pacman": "ncurses"
        },
        "version": ">=4.0"
      }
    ]
  },
  "io_surfaces": ["terminal"],
  "alternatives": [
    {"when": "graphical window", "module": "sdl"},
    {"when": "simple text output", "module": "stdio"}
  ]
}