Reccomend applications that don't need a display server? ( kbin.social )

I accidentally found out that mpv can play videos from the TTY, meaning I don't have to log in to a graphical session. It even has a scaled OSD, unlike anything I've seen in a terminal UI.

Obviously there are plenty of terminal applications that work in a TTY, (edit)many using ncurses, but are there any others like mpv that aren't strictly terminal apps but don't require a display server (maybe because they do the job themselves)?

Zenek73 ,

You mean sth like Mutt - mail client for example ?
http://www.mutt.org/#features

hellfire103 ,
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Have a look at fbida. It provides fbi (an image viewer), fbpdf (a PDF viewer), and a few other apps that all run in a framebuffer.

There’s also w3m, which is a basic web browser capable of displaying images inline; although this requires some hacking in order to work in a vanilla TTY. What could be easier is a using a kiosk window manager (such as Cage) to launch a lightweight terminal (like st, urxvt, or xterm).

lps2 ,

Pretty much anything using ncurses, no? github.com/gabriellluz/awesome_ncurses_apps

FarraigePlaisteach OP ,

That's a great list, thanks. But what I mean is applications that aren't limited to the terminal / ASCII / ncurses. I've updated my question to clarify that.

Auster ,

Unsure what are those acronyms, but one text-only Linux program I can't recommend enough is ncdu: it helps managing storage in your system, as well as, indirectly, browsing your files.

FarraigePlaisteach OP ,

I love ncdu, thank you. I actually mean programs like mpv that are not limited to text-mode, though.

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