Faceoff – A terminal UI for following NHL games

by vcf·Apr 19, 2026·136 points·47 comments

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AI Analysis

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Playball for hockey fans—real-time NHL scores in your terminal.

Strengths

•Auto-refreshing live scores with play-by-play and box score details
•Install instantly via uvx faceoff with no manual setup required
•Multiple standings views including Wild Card, Division, and Conference layouts

Weaknesses

•NHL-only scope limits appeal compared to multi-sport alternatives
•Terminal UI inherently reaches smaller audience than web or mobile apps

Post Description

Faceoff is a TUI app written in Python to follow live NHL games and browse standings and stats. I got the inspiration from Playball, a similar TUI app for MLB games that was featured on HN.

The app was mostly vibe-coded with Claude Code, but not one-shot. I added features and fixed bugs by using it, as I spent way too much time in the terminal over the last few months.

Try it out with `uvx faceoff` (requires uv).