[termui]() is a cross-platform, easy-to-compile, and fully-customizable terminal dashboard. It aims to provide a terminal front end for your applications with less struggle:
cast under osx 10.10; Terminal.app; Menlo Regular 12pt.
This guide describes the essential parts used to build a interface, which includes:
Quickstart is the way to go for starters and Recipes contains some practical resolutions you might need.