blessed.js

var blessed = require('blessed');
var screen = blessed.screen();

var box = blessed.box({
    bottom: 0,
    left: 'center',
    height: 5,
    width: '100%',
    content: 'Hello {bold}world{/bold}',
    tags: true,
    border: {
        type: 'line'
    },
    style: {
        fg: 'green',
        bg: 'black',
        border: {
            fg: '#cccccc'
        },
    }
});

screen.append(box);
form = blessed.Form({
});
box.append(form);

var text = blessed.Textbox({
    content: 'input',
    keys: true,
    inputOnFocus: true,
    border: {
        type: 'line'
    }
});

box.append(text);
text.key('enter', function (ch, key) {
    // Append text.getValue(), send it to IRC server, etc.
    text.clearValue()
    text.focus()
    screen.render();
});

text.key(['escape'], function (ch, key) {
    return process.exit(0);
});

text.focus();
screen.render();