ArtAPI

Simple Python library for beautiful animated ASCII banners in the terminal.

Features

• ✨ Typing animation
• ⚡ Glitch effect
• 💡 Shine effect
• 🌈 RGB grayscale colors
• 🔁 Infinite animation loop
• 📍 Automatic terminal centering

Installation

pip install artapi

Usage

from artapi import show, gradient, xcenter

banner = r"""
    _         _   
   / \   _ __| |_ 
  / _ \ | '__| __|
 / ___ \| |  | |_ 
/_/   \_\_|   \__|
"""

show(banner) # this will be with gradient and xcenter
print(gradient(xcenter("Hello World!"))) # this is a vertically gradiented & centered text

Options

show(
    banner,
    typing=True,
    glitch=True,
    flash=True,
    shine=True,
    loop=False,
    speed=0.01
)

Example

from artapi import show

banner = """
██╗  ██╗███████╗██╗     ██╗      ██████╗
██║  ██║██╔════╝██║     ██║     ██╔═══██╗
███████║█████╗  ██║     ██║     ██║   ██║
██╔══██║██╔══╝  ██║     ██║     ██║   ██║
██║  ██║███████╗███████╗███████╗╚██████╔╝
╚═╝  ╚═╝╚══════╝╚══════╝╚══════╝ ╚═════╝
"""

show(banner)

Requirements

• Python 3.8+

License

MIT