diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 835be1f6a3a2..106510ea84e4 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -1262,6 +1262,7 @@ F:	package/cctz/
 F:	package/clpeak/
 F:	package/faad2/
 F:	package/fdk-aac/
+F:	package/ftxui/
 F:	package/httping/
 F:	package/iozone/
 F:	package/leptonica/
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 5c7ab571014a..fab482c52f4f 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -2303,6 +2303,7 @@ menu "Text and terminal handling"
 	source "package/fcft/Config.in"
 	source "package/fmt/Config.in"
 	source "package/fstrcmp/Config.in"
+	source "package/ftxui/Config.in"
 	source "package/icu/Config.in"
 	source "package/inih/Config.in"
 	source "package/iniparser/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/ftxui/Config.in b/package/ftxui/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..88cd77e42e95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/ftxui/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_FTXUI
+	bool "ftxui"
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # std::wstring()
+	help
+	  FTXUI is a simple cross-platform C++ library
+	  for terminal based user interfaces
+
+	  https://arthursonzogni.github.io/FTXUI/
+
+comment "ftxui needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar and threads"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		!BR2_USE_WCHAR
diff --git a/package/ftxui/ftxui.hash b/package/ftxui/ftxui.hash
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..78ea321e0deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/ftxui/ftxui.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# locally computed
+sha256  45819c1e54914783d4a1ca5633885035d74146778a1f74e1213cdb7b76340e71  ftxui-6.1.9.tar.gz
+sha256  0224d97639ad37047d719a5ed5c0acc98de1c58ae63be0c27183dcad1328fc61  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/ftxui/ftxui.mk b/package/ftxui/ftxui.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..72d5c642365d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/ftxui/ftxui.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# ftxui
+#
+################################################################################
+
+FTXUI_VERSION = 6.1.9
+FTXUI_SITE = $(call github,ArthurSonzogni,FTXUI,v$(FTXUI_VERSION))
+FTXUI_LICENSE = MIT
+FTXUI_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
+FTXUI_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
+FTXUI_CONF_OPTS = \
+	-DFTXUI_BUILD_DOCS=OFF \
+	-DFTXUI_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
+	-DFTXUI_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
+	-DFTXUI_BUILD_TESTS_FUZZER=OFF \
+	-DFTXUI_CLANG_TIDY=OFF \
+	-DFTXUI_DEV_WARNINGS=OFF \
+	-DFTXUI_ENABLE_COVERAGE=OFF \
+	-DFTXUI_ENABLE_INSTALL=ON \
+	-DFTXUI_QUIET=OFF
+
+$(eval $(cmake-package))