Command-line tool

asciiquarium

brew/asciiquarium

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Aquarium animation in ASCII art

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install asciiquarium

Linux

brew install asciiquarium

Start `asciiquarium`

asciiquarium

Pipe the output through `lolcat` for rainbow colors

asciiquarium | lolcat

Toggle [p]ause

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