# poetaman/arttime

arttime is a CLI application that blends beauty of ASCII / text art with functionality of clock / timer / pattern-based time manager in terminal ⏰

Repository: https://github.com/poetaman/arttime
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/arttime
Language: Shell
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: ascii-art, clock, terminal, time-management, timer, ansi-art, console, unix, ansi, ascii, cli, shell, dashboard, pomodoro, productivity, countdown, linux, macos, human-computer-interaction, linux-application
Last push: 2026-08-18T16:24:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 66, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1566, "days_push": 15, "days_rel": 16, "gap_med": 386, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1378, forks 26 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:33.490697+00:00)

## What it is
arttime is a terminal CLI application that combines curated ASCII/ANSI text art with a feature-rich clock, timer, and pattern-based time manager. It supports multiple timers, repeating time patterns (e.g., Pomodoro), native notifications/sounds, and can be fed keystrokes from files or pipes to display dynamic information.

## Use cases
- set countdown timers in the terminal
- run a pomodoro timer from the command line
- display ascii art in my terminal
- get desktop notifications for repeating time patterns
- show a clock with text art in the console
- feed live data like system metrics into a terminal display
- schedule recurring reminders from the shell

## When to choose
- you want a terminal-native timer or alarm with visual flair
- you need flexible pattern-based time management beyond simple pomodoro
- you want to pipe external data into an animated terminal display
- you work on macOS, Linux, BSD, or WSL and value Unix-philosophy tools

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI clock or calendar application
- you require a full-featured calendar or project scheduling system
- you need a cross-platform GUI with native Windows support outside WSL

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, scheduling, terminal-ui, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform, windows
- tags: ascii-art, timer, clock, pomodoro, countdown, notifications, shell, unix, command-line, automation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- poetaman/arttime (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:33.490697+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:40:23.519509+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/poetaman/arttime (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:33.490697+00:00, sha 75d042e9cbf2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.