Just a memo on interesting command to give some hackerman-holywood style to your terminal - with various degree of usefulness.
Faking it
- cmatrix
- genact
- hollywood
- edxui
- asciiquarium
These commands primarily belong to a category of fun terminal utilities.
cmatrix cmatrix is a terminal utility that creates a visual imitation of the “Matrix” movie’s iconic “digital rain” effect. It displays green falling code-like characters on the terminal, like in the movie.
genact genact is a program that fakes system activity in your terminal. Produce some random activity logs like compiling code, running processes, or other system-related operations. It’s purely for entertainment or pranks (e.g., simulating “hacking” or “compiling” for dramatic effect).
hollywood hollywood is a package that runs several terminal windows simultaneously to mimic what you often see in movies when hackers or developers are showcased. It uses multiple utilities, such as fake logs, system monitoring tools, and other visual effects, to create a high-tech looking screen.
asciiquarium asciiquarium is a fun terminal-based program that displays an aquarium animation entirely in ASCII art. It shows animated sea creatures, bubbles, plants, and other underwater elements in your terminal.
Useful
More useful ones.
- htop
- btop
- neofetch
Entertaining
Not as visually intensive but nice as well.
- fortune
- cowsway
- lolcat
- asciinema
- wave
- bashplotlib
- rainbowstream
- cbonsai