tai/research/tui-framework-design/ratatui-themes-readme.md

ratatui-themes README — minimal role palette with serde

Metadata

Field	Value
Institute	Molodetz Institute — Research & Retrieval Division
Subject	tui-framework-design
Document type	Source Dossier
Tier	1
Source title	ratatui-themes README — theme palette and registry
Source URL	https://github.com/ricardodantas/ratatui-themes/blob/HEAD/README.md
Source publisher / author	ricardodantas (ratatui-themes project)
Source type	repository
Source date (published)	Unknown — not stated
Date researched	2026-10-11
Researched by	tai (agent), model: Muse Spark, on behalf of retoor
Research method	direct page fetch
Confidence	Medium
Status	Active

Summary

The closest minimal precedent to tai's planned design: a 10-role ThemePalette struct, a ThemeName enum registry with all/next/prev traversal, and serde serialization for file-backed themes. Small enough to port nearly whole.

Key findings

• Theme contents are a 10-role ThemePalette struct — a fixed, small role set.
• The registry is a ThemeName enum supporting all/next/prev traversal (listing and cycling).
• Themes serialize via serde, enabling file-backed theme definitions.

Pros / strengths

• Minimal-role palette plus enum registry plus cycling is almost exactly tai's target shape at a slightly smaller role count.
• Serde support shows file-backed themes need no special machinery beyond serialization.

Cons / limitations / caveats

• A Rust enum registry is less open than tai's planned string-keyed dict; user themes in tai register by name rather than by enum variant.
• The 10-role set is fixed; tai's 12 roles plus growth headroom differ in detail.

Relevance to tai

• Closest structural precedent for the palette-role conclusion: fixed small role set, named registry, next/prev cycling key, serialization-ready theme objects.

Changelog

Date	Change
2026-10-11	Initial dossier created from 2026-10-11 research-pass evidence (body opened via web_fetch by researching agent).