Command-line tool

toilet

brew/toilet

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

Color-based alternative to figlet (uses libcaca)

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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 toilet

Linux

brew install toilet

Generate ASCII art for a given text

toilet input_text

Generate ASCII art using a custom font file

toilet input_text -f font_filename

Generate ASCII art using a filter

toilet input_text -F filter_name

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