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Antonio | CEO at Litlyx.com
Antonio | CEO at Litlyx.com

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Useless but Fun home brew packages

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Hello Folks, It's Antonio here, CEO at Litlyx.

I was having fun on home brew back in the days. I leave here a useless list of packages that are fun. Enjoy

Ps: Help me leaving a start on my Open-Source project

Top 50 Useless but Fun Homebrew Packages

1. cowsay

Transform your terminal into a speaking cow.

brew install cowsay
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2. sl

Celebrate your typos by watching a locomotive drive through your terminal.

brew install sl
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3. cmatrix

Turn your terminal into the Matrix's falling green characters.

brew install cmatrix
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4. fortune

Get a random, usually humorous, quote each time you open a terminal session.

brew install fortune
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5. toilet

Make your terminal output large text banners with a variety of fonts.

brew install toilet
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6. oneko

A cat that chases your mouse cursor around your screen.

brew install oneko
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7. bb

ASCII art demo to impress your friends.

brew install bb
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8. lolcat

Add rainbow colors to your terminal output.

brew install lolcat
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9. nyancat

Watch a loop of the Nyan Cat animation in your terminal.

brew install nyancat
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10. pipes-sh

Generates random pipes in your terminal for a nostalgic screensaver effect.

brew install pipes-sh
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11. rig

Generate fake addresses, names, and other information.

brew install rig
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12. ponysay

A fun variant of cowsay with ponies.

brew install ponysay
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13. aafire

Display a burning fire in your terminal using ASCII art.

brew install aafire
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14. asciiquarium

Enjoy a lively aquarium in your terminal.

brew install asciiquarium
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15. xkcdpass

Generate XKCD style passwords.

brew install xkcdpass
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16. espeak

A software speech synthesizer for your terminal.

brew install espeak
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17. figlet

Create ASCII text banners in various fonts.

brew install figlet
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18. asciiville

Generate a cityscape in ASCII art.

brew install asciiville
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19. s-tui

Monitor your CPU temperature in a terminal UI.

brew install s-tui
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20. htop

An interactive process viewer for Unix systems.

brew install htop
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21. boxes

Draw boxes around your terminal text.

brew install boxes
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22. tmux

Terminal multiplexer that allows switching between several programs in one terminal.

brew install tmux
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23. jp2a

Convert JPEG images to ASCII art.

brew install jp2a
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24. neofetch

Display system information with an aesthetic touch.

brew install neofetch
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25. toilet

A better version of figlet for creating ASCII text banners.

brew install toilet
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26. rig

Generate fake identities.

brew install rig
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27. vitetris

A terminal-based Tetris game.

brew install vitetris
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28. weechat

A terminal-based IRC client.

brew install weechat
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29. lynx

A text-based web browser.

brew install lynx
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30. nethack

A single-player dungeon exploration game.

brew install nethack
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31. zsh

An extended version of the Bourne Shell with many improvements.

brew install zsh
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33. cmatrix

The classic "Matrix" screensaver for your terminal.

brew install cmatrix
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34. cowsay

A configurable speaking cow.

brew install cowsay
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35. gti

A git launcher that performs amusing animations.

brew install gti
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36. gitlol

Humorous git commands.

brew install gitlol
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37. img2txt

Convert images to text.

brew install img2txt
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38. cbonsai

Grow a bonsai tree in your terminal.

brew install cbonsai
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39. steamlocomotive

A steam locomotive animation in your terminal.

brew install sl
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40. pipes

Generates random pipes in your terminal.

brew install pipes-sh
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41. rig

Generates random fake identities.

brew install rig
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42. k9s

Kubernetes CLI to manage your clusters.

brew install k9s
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43. bat

A cat clone with wings.

brew install bat
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44. tldr

Simplified and community-driven man pages.

brew install tldr
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45. nnn

A fast and friendly terminal file browser.

brew install nnn
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46. ranger

A console file manager with VI key bindings.

brew install ranger
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47. mc

Midnight Commander, a visual file manager.

brew install mc
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48. ncdu

Disk usage analyzer with an ncurses interface.

brew install ncdu
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49. fzf

A command-line fuzzy finder.

brew install fzf
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50. jq

Command-line JSON processor.

brew install jq
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Love from Litlyx

Top comments (2)

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khaleo profile image
Le Xuan Kha (Leo) •

find this awesome and funny, bro 😂

but some parts are duplicates, such as: 11, 26 and 41

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Antonio | CEO at Litlyx.com •

I lost them in the count! To way much 50 elements. I will be back at 11 like my previus awesome lists 🫢

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