diff --git a/app/ghcup/AnsiMain.hs b/app/ghcup/AnsiMain.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8838992
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/ghcup/AnsiMain.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+module AnsiMain where
+
+import           GHCup
+import           GHCup.Download
+import           GHCup.Errors
+import           GHCup.Types.Optics ( getDirs )
+import           GHCup.Types         hiding ( LeanAppState(..) )
+import           GHCup.Utils
+import           GHCup.Prelude ( decUTF8Safe )
+import           GHCup.Prelude.File
+import           GHCup.Prelude.Logger
+import           GHCup.Prelude.Process
+
+ansiMain :: AppState
+         -> IO ()
+ansiMain s = do
+  putStrLn "ansi terminal"
+  pure ()
diff --git a/app/ghcup/GHCup/OptParse.hs b/app/ghcup/GHCup/OptParse.hs
index ab40c7f..3d2470b 100644
--- a/app/ghcup/GHCup/OptParse.hs
+++ b/app/ghcup/GHCup/OptParse.hs
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ data Command
   | Nuke
 #if defined(BRICK)
   | Interactive
+#endif
+#if defined(ANSI)
+  | InteractiveAnsi
 #endif
   | Prefetch PrefetchCommand
   | GC GCOptions
@@ -184,8 +187,19 @@ opts =
 com :: Parser Command
 com =
   subparser
-#if defined(BRICK)
+#if defined(ANSI)
       (  command
+          "tui-ansi"
+          (   (\_ -> InteractiveAnsi)
+          <$> info
+                helper
+                (  progDesc "Start the interactive GHCup UI (ansi)"
+                )
+          )
+          <>
+#endif
+#if defined(BRICK)
+        command
           "tui"
           (   (\_ -> Interactive)
           <$> info
@@ -195,7 +209,7 @@ com =
           )
       <>  command
 #else
-      (  command
+          command
 #endif
           "install"
           (   Install
diff --git a/app/ghcup/Main.hs b/app/ghcup/Main.hs
index 142b34a..7869198 100644
--- a/app/ghcup/Main.hs
+++ b/app/ghcup/Main.hs
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ module Main where
 #if defined(BRICK)
 import           BrickMain                    ( brickMain )
 #endif
+#if defined(ANSI)
+import           AnsiMain                     ( ansiMain )
+#endif
 
 import qualified GHCup.GHC as GHC
 import qualified GHCup.HLS as HLS
@@ -234,6 +237,9 @@ Report bugs at <https://github.com/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues>|]
                   UnSet _ -> pure ()
 #if defined(BRICK)
                   Interactive -> pure ()
+#endif
+#if defined(ANSI)
+                  InteractiveAnsi -> pure ()
 #endif
                   -- check for new tools
                   _
@@ -292,6 +298,11 @@ Report bugs at <https://github.com/haskell/ghcup-hs/issues>|]
             Interactive -> do
               s' <- appState
               liftIO $ brickMain s' >> pure ExitSuccess
+#endif
+#if defined(ANSI)
+            InteractiveAnsi -> do
+              s' <- appState
+              liftIO $ ansiMain s' >> pure ExitSuccess
 #endif
             Install installCommand     -> install installCommand settings appState runLogger
             InstallCabalLegacy iopts   -> install (Left (InstallCabal iopts)) settings appState runLogger
diff --git a/cabal.project b/cabal.project
index 2a4098b..bf42828 100644
--- a/cabal.project
+++ b/cabal.project
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ optional-packages: ./vendored/*/*.cabal
 optimization: 2
 
 package ghcup
-    flags: +tui
+    tests: True
+    flags: +tui-ansi
 
 source-repository-package
   type: git
diff --git a/ghcup.cabal b/ghcup.cabal
index fc79db1..d8ea4ad 100644
--- a/ghcup.cabal
+++ b/ghcup.cabal
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ flag tui
   default:     False
   manual:      True
 
+flag tui-ansi
+  description: Build the ansi-terminal powered tui (ghcup tui-ansi).
+  default:     False
+  manual:      True
+
 flag internal-downloader
   description:
     Compile the internal downloader, which links against OpenSSL. This is disabled on windows.
@@ -279,6 +284,14 @@ executable ghcup
   if flag(internal-downloader)
     cpp-options: -DINTERNAL_DOWNLOADER
 
+  if flag(tui-ansi)
+    cpp-options:   -DANSI
+    other-modules: AnsiMain
+    build-depends:
+      , ansi-terminal
+      , ansi-terminal-game
+      , transformers        ^>=0.5
+
   if (flag(tui) && !os(windows))
     cpp-options:   -DBRICK
     other-modules: BrickMain
diff --git a/stack.yaml b/stack.yaml
index ae66e8d..3564511 100644
--- a/stack.yaml
+++ b/stack.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ packages:
 extra-deps:
   - Cabal-3.6.2.0@sha256:e2266e14758c1f799220fad7f0d4b0b4ec567d81b7ba3faea17ff76d4c31de95,12437
   - IfElse-0.85@sha256:6939b94acc6a55f545f63a168a349dd2fbe4b9a7cca73bf60282db5cc6aa47d2,445
+  - ansi-terminal-game-1.8.0.0@sha256:001cf786098d9f1056ac6055ff3f598054b5c231b7343e76abb686d4f485855d,6977
   - ascii-string-1.0.1.4@sha256:fa34f1d9ba57e8e89c0d4c9cef5e01ba32cb2d4373d13f92dcc0b531a6c6749b,2582
   - base16-bytestring-0.1.1.7@sha256:0021256a9628971c08da95cb8f4d0d72192f3bb8a7b30b55c080562d17c43dd3,2231
   - brick-0.64@sha256:f03fa14607c22cf48af99e24c44f79a0fb073f7ec229f15e969fed9ff73c93f6,16530
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ extra-deps:
   - http-io-streams-0.1.6.0@sha256:53f5bab177efb52cd65ec396fd04ed59b93e5f919fb3700cd7dacd6cfce6f06d,3582
   - libarchive-3.0.3.0
   - libyaml-streamly-0.2.1
+  - linebreak-1.1.0.1@sha256:b253873c3f98189eb22a5a9f0405677cde125c09666b63c3117f497c01c95893,1397
   - lzma-static-5.2.5.3@sha256:2758ee58c35992fcf7db78e98684c357a16a82fa2a4e7c352a6c210c08c555d8,7308
   - optics-0.4@sha256:9fb69bf0195b8d8f1f8cd0098000946868b8a3c3ffb51e5b64f79fc600c3eb4c,6568
   - optics-core-0.4@sha256:59e04aebca536bd011ae50c781937f45af4c1456af1eb9fb578f9a69eee293cd,4995
@@ -36,8 +38,10 @@ extra-deps:
   - primitive-0.7.1.0@sha256:29de6bfd0cf8ba023ceb806203dfbec0e51e3524e75ffe41056f70b4229c6f0f,2728
   - regex-posix-clib-2.7
   - streamly-0.8.2@sha256:ec521b7c1c4db068501c35804af77f40b7d34232f5e29d9b99e722229040eb80,23500
-  - unicode-data-0.3.0@sha256:0545e079705a5381d0893f8fe8daaa08fc9174baeab269b9cf651817d8eadbc6,5123
   - strict-base-0.4.0.0@sha256:2ff4e43cb95eedf2995558d7fc34d19362846413dd39e6aa6a5b3ea8228fef9f,1248
+  - timers-tick-0.5.0.1@sha256:91d4b03266715c6969b82cb24e57a6b47191a4d2f95e9a92e0ad3f7301cc7c8b,1552
+  - unicode-data-0.3.0@sha256:0545e079705a5381d0893f8fe8daaa08fc9174baeab269b9cf651817d8eadbc6,5123
+  - unidecode-0.1.0.4@sha256:99581ee1ea334a4596a09ae3642e007808457c66893b587e965b31f15cbf8c4d,1144
   - xor-0.0.1.0@sha256:f8362b4a68562b9afbcd727ff64c1a303970df3a032e0033d2f4c094c3501df3,2243
   - yaml-streamly-0.12.1
 
@@ -60,6 +64,9 @@ flags:
   streamly:
     use-unliftio: true
 
+  ghcup:
+    tui-ansi: true
+
 ghc-options:
   "$locals": -O2
   streamly: -O2 -fspec-constr-recursive=16 -fmax-worker-args=16