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cmatsuoka/asciiquarium

Enjoy the mysteries of the sea from the safety of your own terminal! observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/cmatsuoka/asciiquarium · Perl observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 5376
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1104
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1256 stars · 108 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Asciiquarium is a single Perl script that renders an animated ASCII art aquarium in your terminal using Curses and Term::Animation. It is a fun decorative terminal toy rather than a productivity tool.

Use cases

  • display an animated aquarium in my terminal
  • fun ascii art screensaver for the command line
  • entertain myself while coding in a terminal
  • show off a cool terminal toy to friends
  • decorate my tmux or shell session with sea creatures

When to choose

  • you want a lightweight, fun terminal animation with no GUI
  • you run Linux or macOS with Perl and Curses available
  • you enjoy classic ASCII art toys

When to avoid

  • you are on native Windows without Cygwin
  • you need a practical or productive terminal tool
  • you want a graphical aquarium with real graphics

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

terminal-ui animation entertainment developer-tools cli cross-platform ascii-art screensaver perl curses fun command-line linux macos

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
cmatsuoka/asciiquariummain32

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="cmatsuoka/asciiquarium")

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