# pipeseroni/pipes.sh

Animated pipes terminal screensaver

Repository: https://github.com/pipeseroni/pipes.sh
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pipessh
Homepage: https://pipeseroni.github.io/
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: terminal-screensaver, pipes-sh, bash, pipeseroni
Last push: 2024-08-12T05:25:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4577, "days_push": 751, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3015, forks 81 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:37.964832+00:00)

## What it is
pipes.sh is an animated terminal screensaver written in Bash that draws colorful pipes growing across the terminal. It is part of the Pipeseroni collective of terminal screensaver projects.

## Use cases
- animated pipes terminal screensaver
- fun terminal animation to show off in a shell
- screensaver for a tmux or ssh session
- demo of 24-bit color terminal support
- nostalgic pipes screensaver in the command line

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, dependency-free terminal screensaver
- you want a classic pipes animation customizable via many options
- you want a fun visual demo for your terminal

## When to avoid
- you need a graphical desktop screensaver rather than a terminal one
- your shell is not Bash 4+ or lacks ncurses tput
- you need a serious productivity tool

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: terminal-ui, graphics
- domain: entertainment, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: screensaver, bash-script, terminal-animation, ascii-art, fun, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- pipeseroni/pipes.sh (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:37.964832+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 2026-08-30T07:30:09.831842+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pipeseroni/pipes.sh (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:37.964832+00:00, sha 3ffe16c0759a)
  - homepage: https://pipeseroni.github.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:45:19.200300+00:00, sha 54ce264a2958)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.