btc-tui

A live BTC trade terminal in your terminal — real-time candlestick chart, trade feed, and buy/sell pressure bar. Supports Binance, Coinbase, and Bybit. No API key required.

Install

Homebrew (recommended)

brew install bscript/btc-tui/btc-tui

To upgrade later:

brew update && brew upgrade btc-tui

pip / pipx

# pipx keeps it isolated (recommended)
pipx install btc-tui

# or plain pip
pip install btc-tui

From source

git clone https://github.com/bscript/btc-tui
cd btc-tui
pip install .

Usage

btc-tui                       # Binance (default)
btc-tui --exchange coinbase   # Coinbase
btc-tui --exchange bybit      # Bybit

Press q or Esc to quit.

Exchanges

Flag	Exchange	Pair
(default)	Binance	BTC/USDT
--exchange coinbase	Coinbase	BTC/USD
--exchange bybit	Bybit	BTC/USDT

All exchanges stream live trades and ticker data with no API key required.

Keys

Key	Action
q / Q / Esc	Quit

Configuration

Edit CANDLE_SECONDS at the top of btc_tui/main.py to change the candle interval (default: 10 seconds, set to 60 for 1-minute candles).

Requirements

• Python 3.9+
• A terminal at least 80×24 characters (bigger is better)
• Internet connection

License

MIT