# erkin/ponysay

Pony rewrite of cowsay.

Repository: https://github.com/erkin/ponysay
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ponysay
Language: Pony
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2024-08-14T21:25:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5302, "days_push": 749, "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 1319, forks 95 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:21.253821+00:00)

## What it is
Ponysay is a Python 3 command-line tool that reimplements cowsay, displaying messages with My Little Pony characters as ASCII art in the terminal. It supports many pony figures, quoting specific ponies, and is packaged for major Linux distributions, macOS Homebrew, and Docker.

## Use cases
- display a message in the terminal with a pony saying it
- cowsay alternative with My Little Pony characters
- add fun pony ASCII art to terminal greetings or shell startup
- show a specific pony like Pinkie Pie saying a quote
- entertain coworkers with terminal pony messages

## When to avoid
- you need serious or professional terminal output
- you want the original cowsay with cows
- you need a tool for Windows without a Unix-like environment

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, entertainment
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: cowsay, ponies, terminal-fun, ascii-art, python, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- erkin/ponysay (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:21.253821+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 2026-08-30T04:47:53.915046+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/erkin/ponysay (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:21.253821+00:00, sha 0ddc030b95c3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.