# keroserene/rickrollrc

Rick Astley invades your terminal.

Repository: https://github.com/keroserene/rickrollrc
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rickrollrc
Language: Shell
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-10-21T21:18:53+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4930, "days_push": 1047, "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 1448, forks 164 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:45.570384+00:00)

## What it is
A Bash script that rickrolls your terminal by playing Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You Up' using ANSI 256-color UTF-8 characters, with optional audio. It is a novelty prank tool inspired by the classic 'sl' command.

## Use cases
- prank a friend's terminal with a rickroll
- play an ASCII music video in the terminal
- teach a lesson about piping curl to bash
- add a surprise command to someone's bashrc
- recreate the sl train prank with Rick Astley

## When to choose
- you want a fun terminal prank or novelty Easter egg
- you want to demonstrate the dangers of curl | bash
- you need a lightweight, dependency-free shell script gag

## When to avoid
- you need a serious terminal media player
- your terminal lacks 256-color support
- you require a maintained tool with a license or guarantees

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, terminal-ui, animation
- domain: entertainment, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: prank, rickroll, bash-script, ascii-art, novelty, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- keroserene/rickrollrc (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.570384+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 2026-08-30T04:36:04.092880+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/keroserene/rickrollrc (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.570384+00:00, sha ddc56590aa10)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.