fakesteak ☆

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Description:
ASCII Matrix-like steak demo

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 0.2.4@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Other

Tags: ascii terminal visualization cli demo

Install: brew install fakesteak

About:
fakesteak is a command-line utility that renders a dynamic, Matrix-style animation composed entirely of ASCII characters. It creates a visually engaging 'steak' texture effect in the terminal using procedural generation. The tool serves as a fun, low-resource screensaver or demonstration of terminal graphics capabilities.

Key Features:

Real-time ASCII animation rendering
Lightweight and dependency-free
Configurable character sets and density
Terminal-based, no GUI required

Use Cases:

Terminal screensaver or background visualizer
Demonstration of ASCII art techniques
Adding visual flair to terminal presentations

Alternatives:

cmatrix – Provides the classic 'Matrix' code rain effect, whereas fakesteak focuses on a unique steak-like texture.
hollywood – Generates a complex dashboard of multiple fake terminal windows, offering a different style of 'hacker' aesthetic.

License: CC0-1.0

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 13, 2025 2:55pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	daae4e41