cli-pets 0.1.1

Interactive CLI pets with animated emoji characters for your terminal

CLI Pets

Interactive CLI pets with animated emoji characters for your terminal. Watch cute pets walk, race, and greet you right in your command line!

Features

• Walking Animations: Watch your favorite emoji pets walk across the terminal
• Pet Racing: Race multiple pets against each other with live updates
• Random Greetings: Get friendly greetings from random pets
• Rich Terminal Output: Colorful and smooth animations using Rich library
• Customizable: Choose your pet, adjust speed, and control animation parameters

Installation

Install from PyPI using pip:

pip install cli-pets

Or using uv:

uv pip install cli-pets

Quick Start

Walk a Pet

from cli_pets import walk

# Walk a cat across the terminal
walk(steps=30, speed=0.1)

# Walk with more steps
walk(steps=50, speed=0.05)

Race Pets

from cli_pets import race

# Race 3 random pets
race(distance=50, racers=3)

# Race with custom settings
race(distance=40, racers=2, speed=0.1)

Greet

from cli_pets import greet

# Get a friendly greeting from a random pet
greet()

Available Pets

The package includes 10 adorable animal emoji pets that are randomly selected for racing and greetings.

API Reference

walk(pet, steps, speed)

Animate a pet walking across the terminal.

Parameters:

• pet (str): Emoji character to display (default: cat emoji)
• steps (int): Number of steps to take (default: 30)
• speed (float): Seconds between steps (default: 0.1)

race(distance, racers, pets, speed, show_winner)

Race multiple pets across the terminal.

Parameters:

• distance (int): Length of the race track (default: 50)
• racers (int): Number of racing pets (default: 3)
• pets (list[str] | None): Specific pets to race; if None, random pets are chosen (default: None)
• speed (float): Seconds between updates (default: 0.1)
• show_winner (bool): Whether to announce the winner (default: True)

greet()

Print a friendly greeting with a random pet.

Returns: None (prints directly to console)

Examples

Custom Walking Animation

from cli_pets import walk

# Slow walking
walk(steps=20, speed=0.2)

# Fast walking
walk(steps=60, speed=0.03)

Epic Pet Race

from cli_pets import race

# Long distance race with 5 pets
race(distance=100, racers=5, speed=0.05)

# Quick sprint
race(distance=20, racers=2, speed=0.05)

Requirements

• Python 3.12+
• rich >= 14.2.0

Development

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/ran-codes/cli-pets.git
cd cli-pets

Install dependencies with uv:

uv sync

Run examples:

uv run python -c "from cli_pets import walk; walk(steps=20, speed=0.05)"

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests on GitHub.

Author

Created by rl627

Changelog

v0.1.1 (2025-10-15)

Fixed release with proper metadata and documentation!

Fixed:

• Added complete README with examples and documentation
• Added proper package description for PyPI
• Added demo GIF showcase
• Updated package metadata and classifiers

v0.1.0 (2025-10-15)

Initial release of CLI Pets! (incomplete metadata)

Features:

• Walk animation for pets across the terminal
• Racing functionality with multiple pets
• Random pet greetings
• Rich terminal output with smooth animations
• Support for 10 different animal emoji pets
• Customizable speed and distance parameters

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