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+Urwid is a console user interface library for Python. It is released under the
+GNU Lesser General Public License and includes many features useful for text
+console application developers:
+* Fluid interface resizing (xterm window resizing / fbset on Linux console)
+* Web application display mode using Apache and CGI
+* Support for UTF-8, simple 8-bit and CJK encodings
+* Multiple text alignment and wrapping modes built-in
+* Ability create user-defined text layout classes
+* Simple markup for setting text attributes
+* Powerful list box that handles scrolling between different widget types
+* List box contents may be managed with a user-defined class
+* Flexible edit box for editing many different types of text
+* Buttons, check boxes and radio boxes
+* Customizable layout for all widgets
+* Easy interface for creating HTML screen shots
+
+Urwid was written by Ian Ward.