A list of terminal packages I like. Some are practical and some are just for fun.
| Package | Description |
|---|---|
| asciiquarium |
Show animated aquarium |
| banner | Display text in large characters made up of symbols |
| bonsai | Display bonsai tree (shell script, aliased to "bonsai") |
| cowsay | Show text in speech balloon coming from cow |
| cmatrix | The Matrix-style character waterfall |
| figlet | Display text in large characters made up of symbols |
| hollywood | Hollywood-inspired random tmux displays |
| lolcat | Cat text in rainbow colors |
| oneko | Linux neko (cat following cursor) implementation |
| ranger | Terminal-based file manager |
| sl | Steam locomotive scrolls across terminal |
| termtrack | Track satellites |
| tmux | Terminal multiplexer |
| typespeed | Measure typing speed |
| xclock | Show a clock. I have the Cat Clock variant installed. |
| xtide | Show tides |