Textualize/textual

The lean application framework for Python. Build sophisticated user interfaces with a simple Python API. Run your apps in the terminal and a web browser.

37.5k stars · 1.4k forks · Python

Caution

Caution: one person wrote most of the recent commits.

Why

One person wrote 92% of human commits in the last year, so the project depends on them continuing. (source 1, source 2)

What would change this

A second person takes a substantial share of commits.

Maintenance

Complete

Slowing

Human commits, 30 days: 1
Human commits, 90 days: 1
Human commits, 365 days: 479
Bot share of commits, 365 days: 0%
Last commit: Oct 9, 2026 (5 days ago)
Last human commit: Oct 9, 2026 (5 days ago)
Authors, 90 days: 1
Last release: Jun 30, 2026 (3 months ago)
Median PR merge time: 3 hours

Responsiveness: of 29 recent issues, 7% got a maintainer reply. Median first response: 22 days.

Sources: Commits, Releases, Merged pull requests, Issues

People

Complete

Owner: Organization
Commits sampled: 479 since Oct 14, 2025
Authors for half of commits: 1
Authors for 80% of commits: 1
Contributors: 185

Top committers

willmcgugan: 92% of commits
TomJGooding: 2% of commits
uriyyo: 1% of commits
jsatchell: 1% of commits
ThatOneCalculator: 1% of commits

Sources: Commits, Contributors

Stars

Complete

Organic, confidence high

Bars show stars gained each week. Orange bars overlap a burst.

Bursts

May 31, 2021 to Jun 3, 2021: about 162 more stars than usual, peak 88 in one day, a spike that tapers off. We couldn't check for an outside explanation.
Jun 10, 2021 to Jun 26, 2021: about 892 more stars than usual, peak 245 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Aug 8, 2021 to Aug 20, 2021: about 2.1k more stars than usual, peak 490 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Sep 5, 2021 to Sep 6, 2021: about 240 more stars than usual, peak 215 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Sep 29, 2021 to Oct 7, 2021: about 745 more stars than usual, peak 249 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Dec 16, 2021 to Dec 17, 2021: about 101 more stars than usual, peak 80 in one day, a spike that tapers off. We couldn't check for an outside explanation.
Jan 15, 2022 to Jan 17, 2022: about 137 more stars than usual, peak 92 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Jan 20, 2022 to Jan 21, 2022: about 106 more stars than usual, peak 81 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Feb 2, 2022 to Feb 9, 2022: about 371 more stars than usual, peak 210 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Apr 24, 2022 to May 8, 2022: about 1.1k more stars than usual, peak 405 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
May 18, 2022 to May 18, 2022: about 116 more stars than usual, peak 140 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a Hacker News post, a jump in issues and pull requests.
May 27, 2022 to May 27, 2022: about 89 more stars than usual, peak 116 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Aug 3, 2022 to Aug 11, 2022: about 512 more stars than usual, peak 185 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Oct 15, 2022 to Oct 17, 2022: about 112 more stars than usual, peak 63 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Oct 23, 2022 to Nov 4, 2022: about 1.4k more stars than usual, peak 354 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Dec 17, 2022 to Dec 19, 2022: about 118 more stars than usual, peak 69 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Dec 22, 2022 to Dec 25, 2022: about 224 more stars than usual, peak 141 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a Hacker News post, a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Mar 12, 2023 to Mar 13, 2023: about 110 more stars than usual, peak 98 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a Hacker News post, a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Apr 30, 2023 to May 5, 2023: about 139 more stars than usual, peak 47 in one day, a shape we can't classify. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Aug 18, 2023 to Aug 21, 2023: about 394 more stars than usual, peak 277 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a Hacker News post.
Sep 7, 2023 to Sep 7, 2023: about 50 more stars than usual, peak 65 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a Hacker News post, a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Aug 11, 2024 to Aug 13, 2024: about 96 more stars than usual, peak 69 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Dec 12, 2024 to Dec 14, 2024: about 117 more stars than usual, peak 71 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Jan 18, 2025 to Jan 20, 2025: about 200 more stars than usual, peak 122 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks.
Jun 26, 2025 to Jun 28, 2025: about 88 more stars than usual, peak 51 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Jul 12, 2025 to Jul 13, 2025: about 68 more stars than usual, peak 50 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Jul 22, 2025 to Jul 26, 2025: about 235 more stars than usual, peak 91 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Oct 8, 2025 to Oct 10, 2025: about 90 more stars than usual, peak 55 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.
Jan 1, 2026 to Jan 2, 2026: about 91 more stars than usual, peak 91 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests.

2 stars GitHub has since removed (tracked since Oct 14, 2026).

Anyone can buy stars for any repo; bursts alone don't prove the owner did.

The star history looks organic.

Sources: How star history is analyzed

Risk

Complete

Flags

No risk flags.

License

Now: MIT (OSI-approved)
A year ago: MIT (OSI-approved)

Packages

textual (PYPI): latest 8.2.8, published Jun 30, 2026
Advisories for the latest version: none listed

Package and advisory data: deps.dev and OSV.

OpenSSF Scorecard: 5.2 out of 10 (via deps.dev).

Sources: GitHub: Textualize/textual, deps.dev: PyPI textual

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Earlier verdicts

Oct 14, 2026: Caution
Oct 14, 2026: Caution
Oct 13, 2026: Caution

Computed 13 hours ago · method 2026.10.2