diff --git a/bbot_server/cli/base.py b/bbot_server/cli/base.py
index a1c4296..bf2a23f 100644
--- a/bbot_server/cli/base.py
+++ b/bbot_server/cli/base.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class BaseBBCTL:
 
     # allow the command to be invoked without a subcommand
     _invoke_without_command = False
+    _no_args_is_help = True
 
     # imports for convenience
     import sys
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ def __init__(self, parent=None):
             short_help=self.short_help,
             epilog=self.epilog,
             invoke_without_command=self._invoke_without_command,
-            no_args_is_help=True,
+            no_args_is_help=self._no_args_is_help,
         )
 
         # register main method
diff --git a/bbot_server/cli/themes.py b/bbot_server/cli/themes.py
index 6ece180..a01b62c 100644
--- a/bbot_server/cli/themes.py
+++ b/bbot_server/cli/themes.py
@@ -1,21 +1,8 @@
 import typer
-# from textual.theme import Theme
 
 COLOR = "bold dark_orange"
 DARK_COLOR = "grey50"
 
-# # textual theme
-# TEXTUAL_THEME = Theme(
-#     name="bbot",
-#     primary="#000000",
-#     secondary="#1a1a1a",
-#     accent="#FF8400",
-#     warning="#FF8400",
-#     error="#ff4500",
-#     success="#FF8400",
-#     foreground="#ffffff",
-# )
-
 # typer theme
 typer.rich_utils.STYLE_OPTION = "bold dark_orange"
 typer.rich_utils.STYLE_NEGATIVE_OPTION = "bold red"
diff --git a/bbot_server/modules/tui/scan_editor.py b/bbot_server/modules/tui/scan_editor.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf4d426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bbot_server/modules/tui/scan_editor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+from textual import on
+from textual.events import Click
+from textual.reactive import var
+from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
+from textual.containers import Container, VerticalScroll, Vertical, Horizontal
+from textual.widgets import Footer, Header, ListView, ListItem, Label, TextArea, Button, Switch, Input
+
+from bbot.scanner import Scanner, Preset
+from bbot.core.helpers.names_generator import random_name
+
+from .themes import TEXTUAL_THEME
+
+
+class ScanEditor(App):
+    CSS = """
+#nav-bar {
+    width: 25 ;
+    dock: left;
+
+    &.-highlight {
+        background: #1a1a1a;
+    }
+
+    ListView {
+        background-tint: #1a1a1a;
+    }
+
+    ListItem {
+        padding: 1 3;
+        &.-highlight {
+            color: #ff8400;
+            background: black;
+            text-style: bold;
+            outline-left: thick #ff8400;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+Button {
+    margin: 0 1;
+    text-style: none;
+}
+
+#buttons {
+    dock: bottom;
+    height: 3;
+    width: 100%;
+    align-horizontal: right;
+}
+
+.nav-tab {
+    width: 100%;
+    padding: 0;
+    margin: 0;
+}
+
+.label {
+    padding: 1;
+}
+
+#buttons-right {
+    width: auto;
+}
+
+#scan-name-container {
+    height: 3;
+    text-style: bold;
+}
+
+#scan-name {
+    outline: outer #ff8400;
+}
+
+#scan-name-label {
+    background: #ff8400;
+    color: black;
+}
+
+#editor-label {
+    padding: 1 3;
+    color: #808080;
+}
+"""
+
+    BINDINGS = [
+        ("q", "quit", "Quit"),
+    ]
+
+    show_tree = var(True)
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.scan_name = random_name()
+        self._start_scan = False
+        self._current_pane = "target"
+        self._text_panes = {
+            "target": "",
+            "whitelist": "",
+            "blacklist": "",
+            "preset": f"description: {self.scan_name}\n",
+        }
+        self._descriptions = {
+            "target": "Paste your IPs, domains etc. in here. These are used to seed the scan.",
+            "whitelist": "If left blank, will default to the target.",
+            "blacklist": "Takes ultimate precedence over whitelist and target.",
+            "preset": "BBOT Preset in YAML format. Put your API keys, etc. in here.",
+        }
+        self._success = False
+
+    def notify(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if "timeout" not in kwargs:
+            kwargs["timeout"] = 1
+        super().notify(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def do_target(self):
+        self.notify("Target")
+
+    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
+        """Compose our UI."""
+        yield Header()
+        with Horizontal(id="scan-name-container"):
+            yield Label("Scan Name", id="scan-name-label", classes="label")
+            yield Input(value=self.scan_name, placeholder="Scan Name", id="scan-name")
+        with Container(id="scan-editor"):
+            with Vertical(id="nav-bar"):
+                yield ListView(
+                    ListItem(Label("Target", classes="nav-tab target-button"), classes="target-button"),
+                    ListItem(Label("Whitelist", classes="nav-tab whitelist-button"), classes="whitelist-button"),
+                    ListItem(Label("Blacklist", classes="nav-tab blacklist-button"), classes="blacklist-button"),
+                    ListItem(Label("Preset", classes="nav-tab preset-button"), classes="preset-button"),
+                )
+            with VerticalScroll(id="code-view"):
+                with Vertical(id="editor-container"):
+                    yield Label("", id="editor-label")
+                    yield TextArea.code_editor("", id="code-editor")
+                    with Horizontal(id="buttons"):
+                        with Horizontal(id="buttons-right"):
+                            yield Label("Start Scan", classes="label")
+                            yield Switch(value=False, id="start-scan", animate=False)
+                            yield Button("SAVE", variant="success", id="save")
+                            yield Button("QUIT", id="quit")
+        yield Footer()
+
+    def save_text(self):
+        self.scan_name = self.query_one("#scan-name", Input).value
+        self._text_panes[self._current_pane] = self.query_one("#code-editor", TextArea).text
+
+    def switch_text_pane(self, var_name, syntax=None):
+        if var_name not in self._text_panes:
+            raise ValueError(f"Invalid variable name: {var_name}")
+        self.save_text()
+        self._current_pane = var_name
+        text_area = self.query_one("#code-editor", TextArea)
+        text_area.text = self._text_panes[var_name]
+        text_area.language = syntax
+        label = self.query_one("#editor-label")
+        label.update(self._descriptions[var_name])
+        self.focus_editor()
+
+    @on(Click)
+    def on_click(self, event: Click):
+        if "target-button" in event.widget.classes:
+            self.switch_text_pane("target")
+        elif "whitelist-button" in event.widget.classes:
+            self.switch_text_pane("whitelist")
+        elif "blacklist-button" in event.widget.classes:
+            self.switch_text_pane("blacklist")
+        elif "preset-button" in event.widget.classes:
+            self.switch_text_pane("preset", syntax="yaml")
+
+    def select_all_text(self):
+        self.query_one("#code-editor", TextArea).select_all()
+
+    def on_key(self, event):
+        if event.key == "ctrl+a":
+            event.prevent_default()
+            self.select_all_text()
+        elif event.key == "ctrl+c":
+            event.prevent_default()
+            self.notify("Press CTRL+Q to quit", severity="error")
+
+    def on_switch_changed(self, event: Switch.Changed):
+        if event.switch.id == "start-scan":
+            self._start_scan = event.value
+
+    def on_button_pressed(self, event: Button.Pressed) -> None:
+        button = event.button
+
+        if button.id == "quit":
+            self.exit()
+        elif button.id == "save":
+            self.save_text()
+            self._success = True
+            self.exit()
+
+    def focus_editor(self):
+        self.query_one("#code-editor", TextArea).focus()
+
+    def on_mount(self) -> None:
+        # Set BBOT theme
+        self.register_theme(TEXTUAL_THEME)
+        self.theme = "bbot"
+
+        self.switch_text_pane("target")
+
+    def make_scan(self):
+        self.run()
+        if not self._success:
+            return None, False
+
+        targets = [t for t in self._text_panes["target"].splitlines() if t]
+        whitelist = [w for w in self._text_panes["whitelist"].splitlines() if w]
+        blacklist = [b for b in self._text_panes["blacklist"].splitlines() if b]
+
+        preset_str = self._text_panes["preset"].strip()
+        base_preset = Preset.from_yaml_string(preset_str)
+
+        # validate targets + preset by instantiating a real scan
+        scan = Scanner(
+            *targets, scan_name=self.scan_name, whitelist=whitelist, blacklist=blacklist, preset=base_preset
+        )
+        preset_dict_sanitized = scan.preset.to_dict()
+
+        print(scan.preset.to_dict(include_target=True))
+
+        from bbot_server.applets.scans import Scan
+
+        scan = Scan(
+            name=self.scan_name,
+            preset=preset_dict_sanitized,
+            target=targets,
+            whitelist=whitelist,
+            blacklist=blacklist,
+        )
+
+        return scan, self._start_scan
diff --git a/bbot_server/modules/tui/themes.py b/bbot_server/modules/tui/themes.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f79cb7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bbot_server/modules/tui/themes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from textual.theme import Theme
+
+TEXTUAL_THEME = Theme(
+    name="bbot",
+    primary="#000000",
+    secondary="#1a1a1a",
+    accent="#FF8400",
+    warning="#FF8400",
+    error="#ff4500",
+    success="#FF8400",
+    foreground="#ffffff",
+)
diff --git a/bbot_server/modules/tui/tui_cli.py b/bbot_server/modules/tui/tui_cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dbf229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bbot_server/modules/tui/tui_cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from bbot_server.cli.base import BaseBBCTL
+
+
+class TUI(BaseBBCTL):
+    command = "ui"
+    help = "Textual UI Proof of Concept for BBOT"
+    short_help = "Textual UI Proof of Concept for BBOT"
+    attach_to = "scan"
+
+    _invoke_without_command = True
+    _no_args_is_help = False
+
+    def main(self):
+        from bbot_server.modules.tui.scan_editor import ScanEditor
+
+        app = ScanEditor()
+        app.run()
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 899d034..c12b9ad 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1043,6 +1043,27 @@ pyyaml = "*"
 [package.extras]
 dev = ["build", "hypothesis", "pytest", "setuptools-scm"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linkify-it-py"
+version = "2.0.3"
+description = "Links recognition library with FULL unicode support."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+groups = ["main"]
+files = [
+    {file = "linkify-it-py-2.0.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:68cda27e162e9215c17d786649d1da0021a451bdc436ef9e0fa0ba5234b9b048"},
+    {file = "linkify_it_py-2.0.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6bcbc417b0ac14323382aef5c5192c0075bf8a9d6b41820a2b66371eac6b6d79"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+uc-micro-py = "*"
+
+[package.extras]
+benchmark = ["pytest", "pytest-benchmark"]
+dev = ["black", "flake8", "isort", "pre-commit", "pyproject-flake8"]
+doc = ["myst-parser", "sphinx", "sphinx-book-theme"]
+test = ["coverage", "pytest", "pytest-cov"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lockfile"
 version = "0.12.2"
@@ -1224,6 +1245,7 @@ files = [
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
+linkify-it-py = {version = ">=1,<3", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"linkify\""}
 mdurl = ">=0.1,<1.0"
 
 [package.extras]
@@ -1362,6 +1384,26 @@ cli = ["python-dotenv (>=1.0.0)", "typer (>=0.12.4)"]
 rich = ["rich (>=13.9.4)"]
 ws = ["websockets (>=15.0.1)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mdit-py-plugins"
+version = "0.5.0"
+description = "Collection of plugins for markdown-it-py"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.10"
+groups = ["main"]
+files = [
+    {file = "mdit_py_plugins-0.5.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:07a08422fc1936a5d26d146759e9155ea466e842f5ab2f7d2266dd084c8dab1f"},
+    {file = "mdit_py_plugins-0.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f4918cb50119f50446560513a8e311d574ff6aaed72606ddae6d35716fe809c6"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+markdown-it-py = ">=2.0.0,<5.0.0"
+
+[package.extras]
+code-style = ["pre-commit"]
+rtd = ["myst-parser", "sphinx-book-theme"]
+testing = ["coverage", "pytest", "pytest-cov", "pytest-regressions"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mdurl"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -1672,6 +1714,23 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 ptyprocess = ">=0.5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "platformdirs"
+version = "4.5.1"
+description = "A small Python package for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs, e.g. a `user data dir`."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.10"
+groups = ["main"]
+files = [
+    {file = "platformdirs-4.5.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d03afa3963c806a9bed9d5125c8f4cb2fdaf74a55ab60e5d59b3fde758104d31"},
+    {file = "platformdirs-4.5.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:61d5cdcc6065745cdd94f0f878977f8de9437be93de97c1c12f853c9c0cdcbda"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+docs = ["furo (>=2025.9.25)", "proselint (>=0.14)", "sphinx (>=8.2.3)", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints (>=3.2)"]
+test = ["appdirs (==1.4.4)", "covdefaults (>=2.3)", "pytest (>=8.4.2)", "pytest-cov (>=7)", "pytest-mock (>=3.15.1)"]
+type = ["mypy (>=1.18.2)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pluggy"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -2660,20 +2719,19 @@ test = ["commentjson", "packaging", "pytest"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rich"
-version = "13.9.4"
+version = "14.2.0"
 description = "Render rich text, tables, progress bars, syntax highlighting, markdown and more to the terminal"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8.0"
 groups = ["main"]
 files = [
-    {file = "rich-13.9.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6049d5e6ec054bf2779ab3358186963bac2ea89175919d699e378b99738c2a90"},
-    {file = "rich-13.9.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:439594978a49a09530cff7ebc4b5c7103ef57baf48d5ea3184f21d9a2befa098"},
+    {file = "rich-14.2.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:76bc51fe2e57d2b1be1f96c524b890b816e334ab4c1e45888799bfaab0021edd"},
+    {file = "rich-14.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:73ff50c7c0c1c77c8243079283f4edb376f0f6442433aecb8ce7e6d0b92d1fe4"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
 markdown-it-py = ">=2.2.0"
 pygments = ">=2.13.0,<3.0.0"
-typing-extensions = {version = ">=4.0.0,<5.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
 
 [package.extras]
 jupyter = ["ipywidgets (>=7.5.1,<9)"]
@@ -2995,6 +3053,29 @@ files = [
 redis = ">=5,<6"
 taskiq = ">=0.11.12,<1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "textual"
+version = "6.8.0"
+description = "Modern Text User Interface framework"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "<4.0,>=3.9"
+groups = ["main"]
+files = [
+    {file = "textual-6.8.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:074d389ba8c6c98c74e2a4fe1493ea3a38f3ee5008697e98f71daa2cf8ab8fda"},
+    {file = "textual-6.8.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7efe618ec9197466b8fe536aefabb678edf30658b9dc58a763365d7daed12b62"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+markdown-it-py = {version = ">=2.1.0", extras = ["linkify"]}
+mdit-py-plugins = "*"
+platformdirs = ">=3.6.0,<5"
+pygments = ">=2.19.2,<3.0.0"
+rich = ">=14.2.0"
+typing-extensions = ">=4.4.0,<5.0.0"
+
+[package.extras]
+syntax = ["tree-sitter (>=0.25.0) ; python_version >= \"3.10\"", "tree-sitter-bash (>=0.23.0) ; python_version >= \"3.10\"", "tree-sitter-css (>=0.23.0) ; python_version >= \"3.10\"", "tree-sitter-go (>=0.23.0) ; python_version >= \"3.10\"", "tree-sitter-html (>=0.23.0) ; python_version >= \"3.10\"", "tree-sitter-java (>=0.23.0) ; python_version >= \"3.10\"", "tree-sitter-javascript (>=0.23.0) ; python_version >= \"3.10\"", "tree-sitter-json (>=0.24.0) ; python_version >= \"3.10\"", "tree-sitter-markdown (>=0.3.0) ; python_version >= \"3.10\"", "tree-sitter-python (>=0.23.0) ; python_version >= \"3.10\"", "tree-sitter-regex (>=0.24.0) ; python_version >= \"3.10\"", "tree-sitter-rust (>=0.23.0) ; python_version >= \"3.10\"", "tree-sitter-sql (>=0.3.11) ; python_version >= \"3.10\"", "tree-sitter-toml (>=0.6.0) ; python_version >= \"3.10\"", "tree-sitter-xml (>=0.7.0) ; python_version >= \"3.10\"", "tree-sitter-yaml (>=0.6.0) ; python_version >= \"3.10\""]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tldextract"
 version = "5.3.0"
@@ -3116,6 +3197,21 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 typing-extensions = ">=4.12.0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "uc-micro-py"
+version = "1.0.3"
+description = "Micro subset of unicode data files for linkify-it-py projects."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+groups = ["main"]
+files = [
+    {file = "uc-micro-py-1.0.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d321b92cff673ec58027c04015fcaa8bb1e005478643ff4a500882eaab88c48a"},
+    {file = "uc_micro_py-1.0.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:db1dffff340817673d7b466ec86114a9dc0e9d4d9b5ba229d9d60e5c12600cd5"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+test = ["coverage", "pytest", "pytest-cov"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unidecode"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -3721,4 +3817,4 @@ type = ["pytest-mypy"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "3028e30fe4ac02ffb534077bde4603e16263ebfe8722029243536563ae04b203"
+content-hash = "5ab24e66ff725b8405d74cf88e53a951cdfbe751dc3ed1bdff506a020251d9e2"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ab40ecb..97590c1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ license = "GPL-v3.0"
 python = "^3.10"
 fastapi = "^0.111.0"
 orjson = "^3.10.12"
-rich = "^13.9.4"
 cachetools = "^5.5.0"
 jsondiff = "^2.2.1"
 websockets = "^14.1"
@@ -26,6 +25,8 @@ mcp = "1.7.0"
 jmespath = "^1.0.1"
 uvicorn = "^0.35.0"
 pymongo = "^4.15.3"
+rich = "^14.2.0"
+textual = "^6.8.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
 bbctl = 'bbot_server.cli.bbctl:main'