busyloop/lolcat
Rainbows and unicorns! observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: 5502
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 911
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
6567 stars · 232 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
lolcat is a Ruby command-line utility that pipes text through a rainbow color gradient, adding colorful output to terminal commands like cat. It's a fun novelty tool for making terminal output rainbow-colored.
Use cases
- make terminal output rainbow colored
- colorize cat output in the shell
- add fun colors to command-line text
- pipe any text through a rainbow gradient
- spice up terminal demos and screenshots
When to choose
- you want colorful rainbow text output in your terminal
- you want a lightweight fun CLI utility for demos or dotfiles
When to avoid
- you need serious syntax highlighting or semantic colorization
- you need accessible, plain-text terminal output
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
cli terminal-ui developer-tools developer-tools entertainment cli ruby rainbow-colors terminal-output fun text-coloring command-line linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat · fetched 2026-08-28 · a2bde5d0ca36
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| busyloop/lolcat | main | 32 |
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