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Balatro TUI

A minimal clone of Balatro built in Rust that runs in your terminal.

Demo Video

NOTE: This project is WIP. Please check TODO for feature tracking list.


Features

  • Play a game of Balatro in your terminal 🃏
  • Fast, minimal, and cross-platform
  • Modular codebase with core logic and widgets

Project Structure

  • balatro_tui/ - Main TUI application
  • balatro_tui_core/ - Game logic and core types
  • balatro_tui_widgets/ - UI widgets for the TUI

Getting Started

Prerequisites

  • Rust (latest stable recommended)

Build and Run

cargo run --release --package balatro_tui

Format and Lint

cargo fmt
cargo clippy

Run Tests

cargo test --workspace

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

NOTE: All rights of Balatro the game reside with the original developer LocalThunk.

Dependencies

~16–32MB
~440K SLoC