TUI and Shell

Helius has a full-screen TUI and an interactive shell. Both operate on the same database.

TUI Views

Main panels:

• Dashboard
• Transactions
• Accounts
• Categories
• Summary
• Budgets
• Planning
• Recurring
• Reconcile

Planning subviews:

• Forecast
• Calendar
• Goals
• Scenarios

Core TUI Keys

• Tab / Shift+Tab: move between panels or form fields
• j / k or arrows: move the selection
• n: create a new item
• e: edit the selected item
• d: archive, delete, reset, or restore depending on context
• Enter: open, activate, or post
• ?: toggle help
• q: quit

Interactive Shell

Start it with:

helius shell

The shell includes shortcuts for:

• init
• account
• category
• income
• expense
• transfer
• balance
• transactions
• summary
• budget
• reconcile
• recurring

It also accepts raw CLI commands, for example:

tx list --account Checking
budget status 2026-03
recurring list