Why hackers moved from Bubble Tea to OpenTUI

1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.

Bubble Tea 1 hacker criticizes it
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OpenTUI 1 hacker recommends it

What hackers said about the move

“We moved from the go+bubbletea based TUI which had performance and capability issues to an in-house framework (OpenTUI) written in zig+solidjs”
esafak, 2026-01-21original comment ↗

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Bubble Tea vs OpenTUI

Bubble TeaOpenTUI
Hackers who recommend01
Hackers who criticize10
Moved away from it10
Moved to it01

Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.

Criticism of Bubble Tea

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Praise for OpenTUI

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