pip-art 0.1.2

Turn any long-running command into a visual delight!

pip-art

Why stare at boring logs? Turn any long-running command into a surprise art show in your terminal!

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🎨 The Philosophy

You run pip install, npm install, or docker build and watch lines of text scroll by. It's functional, but it's joyless.

pip-art transforms this dead time into a moment of discovery and delight. It hides the messy logs and displays a random piece of art from a community-driven gallery, turning your terminal into a tiny art museum while you wait.

When the command is done, you get your terminal back, plus a final success or failure report.

🚀 Features

• Universal: Works with any command, not just pip.
• Clean Experience: Hides command output for a calm, clutter-free wait.
• GIF & PNG & JPG Support: The gallery welcomes static images and animations.
• Community-Powered: All art comes from a public GitHub repository. Anyone can contribute!
• Fully Customizable: Don't like the public gallery? Create your own! A simple config file lets you point pip-art to any gallery you want.

🛠️ Installation

pip install pip-art

💡 How to Use

Just prefix any command with pip-art:

# Instead of this...
pip install numpy pandas tensorflow

# ...do this!
pip-art pip install numpy pandas tensorflow

# Works with any command
pip-art npm install
pip-art docker build .

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🖼️ Curate Your Own Experience: The Config File

This is where pip-art becomes your tool. You can tell it to use your very own art gallery instead of the public one. Want a gallery of only cat pictures? Or 8-bit landscapes? You can do it!

How it works:

1. Create a config file: In your user's home directory, create a file named .pip-art.toml.

   • On Windows: C:\Users\YourUser\.pip-art.toml
   • On Linux/macOS: ~/.pip-art.toml

2. Add your gallery: Inside this file, add one line:

   # Point to your own GitHub repository's "images" folder
   gallery_repo = "YOUR_USERNAME/YOUR_GALLERY_REPO_NAME"
   

That's it! The next time you run pip-art, it will fetch art from your repository.

To go back to the default community gallery, simply delete or comment out this line.

🤝 How to Contribute

There are two great ways to contribute to the pip-art ecosystem:

1. Add Art to the Main Community Gallery

Have a great piece of art everyone should see? Add it to the main gallery!

The process is managed through our gallery repository: pip-art-gallery. (This link should point to the actual default gallery repo you create).

1. Prepare your files:

   • Image File: A PNG, JPG, or an animated GIF.
   • Metadata File (Optional but Recommended): A .json file with the exact same name as your image (e.g., my-art.json for my-art.png).

2. Metadata Format: This is how we credit you!

   {
     "title": "Your Artwork Title",
     "author": "Your Name / Nickname",
     "description": "A short, fun description of your art."
   }
   

3. Submit a Pull Request: Go to the gallery repo, upload your files to the images folder, and open a PR.

2. Create Your Own Gallery to Share

Made a cool themed gallery? Share it! Create a public GitHub repository, fill the images folder with art, and tell people to use your gallery_repo link in their config file.

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This project is licensed under the MIT License. Made with ❤️ to make the terminal a more joyful place.