The iconic ghostty.org animation in your terminal
- Seamless terminal animation inspired by ghostty.org
- Customizable highlight colors (ANSI and named colors)
- Optional timer to run the animation for a fixed duration
- Resizes dynamically with terminal dimensions
- Animation frames embedded inside the binary for easy distribution
go install github.com/ashish0kumar/gostty@latestClone the repo, build the binary, and move it into your $PATH
git clone https://github.com/ashish0kumar/gostty.git
cd gostty
go build
sudo mv gostty /usr/local/bin/Alternative (using golang docker container image)
git clone https://github.com/ashish0kumar/gostty.git
cd gostty
docker pull golang:latest
docker run --rm -ti -v ./:/go/src golang:latest bash -c "cd src; go build -buildvcs=false"
sudo mv gostty /usr/local/bin/gostty [options]| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
-c, --color |
Set highlight color (name or ANSI code) |
-t, --timer |
Run animation for a fixed number of seconds |
--colors |
Show supported colors |
-h, --help |
Show help |
# Use cyan highlight by name
gostty -c cyan
# Use ANSI color code 36 (cyan)
gostty -c 36
# Run the animation for 10 seconds
gostty -t 10
# Show supported color options
gostty --colors- Animation frames are embedded in the binary, so no external animation data file is required at runtime.
- Make sure your terminal supports ANSI escape codes and is large enough to render the animation (77x41 chars).
- Original ghostty animation concept from ghostty.org
- Partial reference from SohelIslamImran/ghosttime
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