MikuSays 🎤

A cowsay clone with Hatsune Miku ASCII art and speech bubbles.

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Usage

Usage: mikusays [OPTIONS] [TEXT]

Arguments:
  [TEXT]  Text to display in the speech bubble

Options:
  -s, --style <STYLE>            Style of the Miku art. A random one is chosen if not specified
  -l, --list                     List all available art styles with their indices
      --rainbow                  Apply a smooth rainbow gradient across the ASCII art
      --saturation <SATURATION>  Saturation level for rainbow gradient (0-100) [default: 100]
      --brightness <BRIGHTNESS>  Brightness level for rainbow gradient (0-100) [default: 50]
      --color <COLOR>            Override with a single solid color
      --gradient <START:END>     Define a custom two-color gradient (e.g., --gradient red:blue)
      --no-color                 Disable all coloring (respects NO_COLOR environment variable)
  -h, --help                     Print help
  -V, --version                  Print version

Installation

Arch Linux

yay -S mikusays
paru -S mikusays

Debian / Ubuntu / Fedora / RHEL / CentOS

The repository and instructions available here: https://apt.xxanqw.pp.ua

macOS (or Linux if using Homebrew)

brew tap xxanqw/mikusays
brew install mikusays

Windows

Using Scoop:

scoop bucket add extras
scoop bucket add xxanqw-bucket https://github.com/xxanqw/scoop-bucket
scoop update
scoop install mikusays

Using Installer:

Download mikusays-windows-inst-any-x.x.x.exe from Latest release page

Download from Releases:

Windows: mikusays-windows-*.exe
- Small note for Windows that application depends on vcredist2022
  (installing with scoop and installer resolve this dependency automatically)
Linux: mikusays-linux-*
macOS: mikusays-macos-*

Or build from source:

cargo build --release

Development

cargo build
cargo run -- "message"