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Why artlab?

Because the terminal deserves a little personality.

• Bundled ASCII art — robots, cats, dragons, unicorns, yoda, octopuses, hearts and more.
• Block-letter text — print any word big, figlet-style, with zero dependencies.
• Rainbow & colors — 256-color palettes, or dims down for your pipelines.
• Animation — reveal art with a slick frame-by-frame intro.
• Zero dependencies — pure Python stdlib. No install drama.

Install

pip install artlab

Or run without installing:

pipx run artlab --help

Via Docker:

docker run --rm ghcr.io/dsk-dev-ai/artlab --help

Usage

# Show a random piece
artlab

# Show a specific piece
artlab robot
artlab cat
artlab dragon

# List everything
artlab -l

# Print big block text
artlab --text "SHIP IT"
artlab -t "artlab" -c cyan

# Force a palette
artlab robot -c green
artlab dragon -c magenta

# Animate the reveal
artlab unicorn -a

# No color (for scripts / piping)
artlab robot --no-color

Options

Flag	Description
-l, --list	List all available pieces
-r, --random	Show a random piece
-t, --text TEXT	Render text as big block letters
-c, --color	Palette: rainbow, green, cyan, magenta, none
-w, --width N	Pad art to a fixed width
--no-center	Don't center the art
-a, --animate	Reveal the art with an animation
--no-color	Disable color output
--version	Print version

Gallery

Run artlab to see a random piece, or artlab -l to browse the full library. Everything is bundled — no API, no network, no nonsense.

   /\_/\
  ( o.o )
   > ^ <
  /     \
  \_____/  meow

Tests

python -m pytest

Tested on Python 3.8–3.12 via GitHub Actions.

Sponsor

Like artlab? Keep the terminal artsy for free by becoming a sponsor on GitHub 💜.

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