# cmatsuoka/asciiquarium

Enjoy the mysteries of the sea from the safety of your own terminal!

Repository: https://github.com/cmatsuoka/asciiquarium
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/asciiquarium
Language: Perl
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-08-25T12:22:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5376, "days_push": 1104, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1256, forks 108 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:09.324704+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: terminal-ui, animation
- domain: entertainment, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: ascii-art, screensaver, perl, curses, fun, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- cmatsuoka/asciiquarium (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:09.324704+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 2026-08-30T05:07:16.066264+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cmatsuoka/asciiquarium (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:09.324704+00:00, sha 1316c1f4d448)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.