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+date: 2023-09-06
+categories:
+  - News
+title: "What is Textual Web?"
+authors:
+  - willmcgugan
+---
+
+# What is Textual Web?
+
+If you know us, you will know that we are the team behind [Rich](https://github.com/Textualize/rich) and [Textual](https://github.com/Textualize/textual) — two popular Python libraries that work magic in the terminal.
+
+!!! note
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+    Not to mention [Rich-CLI](https://github.com/Textualize/rich-cli), [Trogon](https://github.com/Textualize/trogon), and [Frogmouth](https://github.com/Textualize/frogmouth)
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+Today we are adding one project more to that lineup: [textual-web](https://github.com/Textualize/textual-web).
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+Textual Web takes a Textual-powered TUI and turns it in to a web application.
+Here's a video of that in action:
+
+<div class="video-wrapper">
+<iframe width="auto" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/A8k8TD7_wg0" title="Textual Web in action" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+</div>
+
+With the `textual-web` command you can publish any Textual app on the web, making it available to anyone you send the URL to.
+This works without creating a socket server on your machine, so you won't have to configure firewalls and ports to share your applications.
+
+We're excited about the possibilities here.
+Textual web apps are fast to spin up and tear down, and they can run just about anywhere that has an outgoing internet connection.
+They can be built by a single developer without any experience with a traditional web stack.
+All you need is proficiency in Python and a little time to read our [lovely docs](https://textual.textualize.io/).
+
+Future releases will expose more of the Web platform APIs to Textual apps, such as notifications and file system access.
+We plan to do this in a way that allows the same (Python) code to drive those features.
+For instance, a Textual app might save a file to disk in a terminal, but offer to download it in the browser.
+
+Also in the pipeline is [PWA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_web_app) support, so you can build terminal apps, web apps, and desktop apps with a single codebase.
+
+Textual Web is currently in a public beta. Join our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/Enf6Z3qhVr) if you would like to help us test, or if you have any questions.