cowsay ☆
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Description:
Apjanke's fork of the classic cowsay project
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 3.8.4@0  |  Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Developer tools
Tags: cli ascii-art terminal utility unix
Install: brew install cowsay
About:
Cowsay is a command-line utility that generates ASCII art of a cow with a speech bubble containing user-provided text. Apjanke's fork maintains and modernizes this classic Unix tool, ensuring compatibility with contemporary systems. It serves as a humorous utility for terminal messages, system notifications, and creative scripting outputs.
Key Features:
  • Generates configurable ASCII art animals and characters
  • Supports custom messages in speech bubbles
  • Includes various pre-built cow files and templates
  • Pipable for integration with shell scripts and command chains
Use Cases:
  • Creating humorous system notifications and login messages
  • Enhancing terminal output in scripts and automation workflows
  • Generating visual separators or banners in console applications
Alternatives:
  • ponysay – More extensive character set with pony themes, larger footprint
  • sl – Trains instead of cows, simpler single-purpose utility
License: GPL-3.0-only
Bottles available for: all
Version History
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Nov 3, 2024 9:12am 1 VERSION_BUMP 3e5d4ab5
Sep 14, 2024 7:53pm 1 VERSION_BUMP ea7e4236
Sep 30, 2023 6:13pm 1 VERSION_BUMP 941e0e07
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