🔥 Kido-tui

A beautiful, modern terminal-based chat interface for Meshtastic devices with smooth animations and an intuitive user experience.

✨ Features

🔥 Modern Chat Interface (Kido-tui)

• Bubble-style messages: Clean, WhatsApp-like message display
• Real-time animations: Smooth connecting animations and progress indicators
• Color-coded messages: Green for sent messages, blue for received
• Smart text wrapping: Messages automatically wrap for better readability
• Channel awareness: Shows current channel info (LongFast, etc.)

🔌 Advanced Connection Management

• Interactive port selection: Visual port selector with live refresh
• Connection animations: Spinning loader with progress bar during connection
• Status indicators: Real-time connection status with emoji indicators
• Auto-retry logic: Robust connection handling with error recovery
• Smart serial handling: Prevents send/receive conflicts

📊 Rich Device Information

• Device details: Shows device name, model, firmware version
• Channel info: Displays current channel name and index
• Node identification: Shows device ID and connection details
• Live statistics: Message counts, uptime, and current time
• Connection details: Port information and connection status
• Activity tracking: Last activity timestamps and message flow

⚡ Smooth User Experience

• 60 FPS animations: Buttery smooth UI updates
• Responsive controls: Intuitive keyboard navigation
• Context-aware help: Dynamic help text based on current mode
• Progress feedback: Visual feedback for all operations

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Rust toolchain (latest stable)
• A Meshtastic device connected via USB/serial

Installation

git clone <repository-url>
cd Dn-susty
cargo build --release

Usage

# Auto-detect and select port interactively
./target/release/meshtastic-chat

# Connect to specific port
./target/release/meshtastic-chat --port /dev/ttyUSB0

# Custom baud rate
./target/release/meshtastic-chat --port /dev/ttyUSB0 --baud 9600

# Enable verbose logging
./target/release/meshtastic-chat --verbose

🎮 Controls

Normal Mode

• i - Enter message input mode
• p - Open port selection dialog
• q - Quit application

Input Mode

• Enter - Send message
• Esc - Return to normal mode
• Type normally to compose messages

Port Selection

• ↑/↓ - Navigate port list
• Enter - Connect to selected port
• r - Refresh available ports
• Esc - Cancel and return

🛠️ Technical Features

Architecture

• Async runtime: Built on Tokio for non-blocking I/O
• Channel-based communication: Clean separation between UI and serial handling
• Stateful UI: Persistent state management with smooth transitions
• Error resilience: Comprehensive error handling and recovery

Dependencies

• ratatui: Modern TUI framework with rich widgets
• crossterm: Cross-platform terminal manipulation
• tokio: Async runtime for concurrent operations
• serialport: Cross-platform serial port access
• chrono: Date/time handling with timezone support
• indicatif: Progress bars and spinners
• textwrap: Intelligent text wrapping

Performance

• Efficient rendering: Only redraws when necessary
• Memory management: Automatic message buffer limits (1000 messages)
• Low latency: Sub-16ms UI update cycles
• Minimal CPU usage: Event-driven architecture

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit issues, feature requests, or pull requests.

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Made with ❤️ for the Meshtastic community