gum

name	gum
description	Use this skill when the user wants to style shell output, format text, render tables, or create glamorous terminal scripts using gum.

Gum Plugin

A tool for glamorous shell scripts — style, format, and interact like a charm. Part of the Charmbracelet ecosystem.

Commands

Styling

• gum style apply — Apply styling, coloring and formatting to text
• gum format render — Format text using markdown, template, code, or emoji formatters
• gum table render — Render a table from CSV/TSV or stdin data
• gum join text — Join text vertically or horizontally
• gum write text — Interactive multi-line text input component (TUI text area, not a file writer)
• gum file pick — Pick a file from the filesystem

Usage Examples

• "gum style --foreground 212 --bold --border rounded 'Hello World'"
• "gum format --type markdown '# Heading\n\nSome text'"
• "gum table --columns 3 --border rounded < data.csv"

Installation

brew install gum

Examples

gum style --foreground 212 --bold --border rounded "Hello, World!"
gum format --type markdown "# Hello\nWorld"
gum table --columns 2 --border rounded < file.csv
gum join --horizontal "hello" "world"

Key Features

• Text styling with colors, borders, padding, margin
• Markdown rendering with themes
• Table rendering from CSV/TSV/data
• File picker dialog
• Text input area
• Interactive prompts (confirm, choose, input, spinner)