Feature Flags

As ratatui grows and evolves, this list may change, so make sure to check the main repo if you are unsure.

Backend Selection

For most cases, the default crossterm backend is the correct choice. See Backends for more information. However, this can be changed to termion or termwiz

# Defaults to crossterm
cargo add ratatui

# For termion, unset the default crossterm feature and select the termion feature
cargo add ratatui --no-default-features --features=termion
cargo add termion

# For termwiz, unset the default crossterm feature and select the termwiz feature
cargo add ratatui --no-default-features --features=termwiz
cargo add termwiz

All-Widgets

As of v0.21, the only widget in this feature group is the calendar widget, which can be enabled with the widget-calendar feature.

Note

Starting from v0.30.0, the all-widgets feature is enabled by default. It can be disabled to save on compile time.

cargo add ratatui --no-default-features --features=all-widgets

Widget-Calendar

This feature enables the calendar widget, which requires the time crate. It is enabled by default as part of the all-widgets feature.

cargo add ratatui --no-default-features --features=widget-calendar

Serde

Enables serialization and deserialization of style and color types using the Serde crate. This is useful if you want to save themes to a file.

cargo add ratatui --features serde