# Bitwise - Terminal based bit manipulator

DevFeed: [Bitwise - Terminal based bit manipulator](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/bitwise-terminal-based-bit-manipulator-21706.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nativeguru.wordpress.com/2019/05/02/bitwise-terminal-based-bit-manipulator/>)

Author: Ramon

Published: 2019-05-02T20:50:13Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Ramon Fried](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ramon-fried.md>)

Topics: [Terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/terminal.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [ncurses](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ncurses.md>), [terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terminal.md>), [uncategorized](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/uncategorized.md>)

## AI overview

The author presents a basic ncurses-based terminal application for manipulating bits, masks, and number-base conversions. They created it as a terminal alternative to opening a calculator application and invite readers to star it on GitHub.

## Source excerpt

I Recently complete a basic ncurses based terminal application for minglinng with bits. I'm working low level most of the times and need to tinker with bits, masks and to translate between number bases (hex to dec, and vice verse). As I'm working 99% of my time in a terminal, I found it very annoying [...]