Turbo Vision
No written verdict yet. Here is what commenters said.
6recommend
0warn against
Nov 6, 2025first mention
Apr 25, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I did not use TV directly but I loved the design”
“Every time I use a new TUI framework, I'm disappointed. Invariably, Turbo Vision is better.”
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“the author did very good job modernizing the library and i love it.”
“I'm with you on the Turbo Vision love, though.”
“I love that whole aesthetic; the best of the DOS days IMO.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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All comments 10
“I did not use TV directly but I loved the design”
“Every time I use a new TUI framework, I'm disappointed. Invariably, Turbo Vision is better.”
“the best way to learn Free Vision is to read Turbo Vision docs/tutorials/books”
“the author did very good job modernizing the library and i love it.”
“I'm with you on the Turbo Vision love, though.”
“Turbo Vision (their OOP UI framework)”
“Turbo Vision was the framework under many applications”
“I love that whole aesthetic; the best of the DOS days IMO.”
“Who knew Turbo Vision was still being used — much less updated, Unicode, cross platform, 24-bit color?”
“I only wish I had gotten into Turbo Vision.”