kata-tui

A terminal dashboard for Kata project visibility.

Overview

kata-tui provides real-time visibility into your Kata project status — phases, milestones, plans, and requirements — all in one terminal dashboard.

┌─ Project ──────────┬─ Phase 1: Foundation ────────────────┐
│ ▼ kata-tui         │                                      │
│   ▼ Phase 1 [x]    │ Goal: User can launch the TUI and    │
│     DISP-01 [x]    │ see their .planning/ files as        │
│     DISP-02 [x]    │ structured, navigable data.          │
│     DISP-03 [x]    │                                      │
│     NAV-01 [x]     │ Requirements:                        │
│     NAV-02 [x]     │ • DISP-01: View .planning/ files     │
│   ▶ Phase 2 [ ]    │ • DISP-02: Project hierarchy tree    │
│   ▶ Phase 3 [ ]    │ • DISP-03: Detail pane content       │
│   ▶ Phase 4 [ ]    │ • NAV-01: Keyboard navigation        │
│   ▶ Phase 5 [ ]    │ • NAV-02: Visual focus indicators    │
├────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┤
│ [Tree] Phase 1 | Complete | q:quit j/k:nav Tab:switch     │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Installation

From source

git clone https://github.com/gannonh/kata-tui.git
cd kata-tui
cargo build --release

Via cargo (coming soon)

cargo install kata-tui

Usage

Run in a directory containing a .planning/ folder:

kata-tui

Or specify a custom path:

kata-tui --planning-dir /path/to/project/.planning

Keybindings

Features

v0.1 (Current)

• Two-pane layout (tree view + detail pane)
• Parse and display PROJECT.md, ROADMAP.md, STATE.md
• Vim-style keyboard navigation
• Visual focus indicators
• macOS and Linux support

Roadmap

• Phase 2: Color-coded status, progress bars, expand/collapse, help overlay, fuzzy search
• Phase 3: File watching, auto-refresh, markdown rendering
• Phase 4: Execute Kata commands from TUI with split-pane output
• Phase 5: Distribution via cargo install and GitHub releases

Requirements

• Rust 1.70+
• Terminal with 60x16 minimum size
• macOS or Linux

Development

# Run in development
cargo run

# Run tests
cargo test

# Build release
cargo build --release

License

MIT