Command-line tool

lolcat

brew/lolcat

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

Rainbows and unicorns in your console!

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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 lolcat

Linux

brew install lolcat

Print a file to the console in rainbow colors

lolcat path/to/file

Print the result of a text-producing command in rainbow colors

fortune | lolcat

Use a seed to generate consistent colors (default: `0` as in random)

lolcat -S number path/to/file

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