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0.8.0 Jun 10, 2024
0.7.0 Jun 10, 2024
0.6.0 May 7, 2024
0.5.0 Apr 10, 2024
0.1.0 Feb 7, 2024

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kittysay

cowsay, but with a cute kitty :3


  ----
< meow >
  ----
  \
    \
      /l、
    (゚、 。 
      l  ~ヽ
      じしf_,)ノ

Installation

Cargo

cargo install kittysay

Nix

Available through Nixpkgs.

nix run nixpkgs#kittysay

Usage

kittysay <message>
# or through stdin
echo <message> | kittysay

You can customize the output colors.

# -c <message color> <cat color>
kittysay -c 2 5 <message>
echo <message> | kittysay -c 2 5

--width

You can use the --width flag to change the width of the speech bubble. Defaults to 45, maxes out at a little less than the width of your terminal if you try to pass a very large number.

$ kittysay "meow mrrrow mrrrp nyaaa nya nyaaa meow meowwww nyaaa meowwww"

  --------------------------------------
/ meow mrrrow mrrrp nyaaa nya nyaaa meow \
\ meowwww nyaaa meowwww                  /
  --------------------------------------
  \
    \
      /l、
    (゚、 。 7
      l  ~
      じしf_,)
$ kittysay "meow mrrrow mrrrp nyaaa nya nyaaa meow meowwww nyaaa meowwww" --width 1000

  ------------------------------------------------------------
< meow mrrrow mrrrp nyaaa nya nyaaa meow meowwww nyaaa meowwww >
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  \
    \
      /l、
    (゚、 。 7
      l  ~
      じしf_,)

$ kittysay "meow mrrrow mrrrp nyaaa nya nyaaa meow meowwww nyaaa meowwww" --width 1

  -------
/ meow    \
| mrrrow  |
| mrrrp   |
| nyaaa   |
| nya     |
| nyaaa   |
| meow    |
| meowwww |
| nyaaa   |
\ meowwww /
  -------
  \
    \
      /l、
    (゚、 。 7
      l  ~
      じしf_,)

--think

You can use the --think flag to enable "think" mode, where the speech bubbles are replaced with thought bubbles (similar to the cowthink program).

$ kittysay --think ":3"

  ⏜⏜
( :3 )
  ⏝⏝
  
    
      /l、
    (゚、 。 7
      l  ~
      じしf_,)

License

GPL-3.0

Dependencies

~7–15MB
~186K SLoC