ufosay

A flying saucer terminal animation tool — like sl meets cowsay.

 ┌──────────────────────────────┐
 │ We will conquer the earth!!  │
 └──────────────────────────────┘
        _.---._
      .'       '.
  _.-~===========~-._
 (___O___O___O___O___)    ← blinking windows
       \_______/
        ·|·               ← pulsing tractor beam
       ·/|\·
      ·/ | \·
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ← fixed terrain

• Flies right to left at 60fps (butter smooth)
• Pauses mid-screen to let you read the message
• Shows a cowsay-style speech bubble
• Blinking windows, pulsing tractor beam, floating motion, stars, terrain

Install

Via pip (recommended)

pip install ufosay

From source

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/ufosay.git
cd ufosay
pip install .

Usage

ufosay                          # UFO flies by silently
ufosay "Hello from space!"      # UFO with speech bubble
echo "hi" | ufosay              # Pipe input like cowsay
ufosay --msg "text"             # Explicit message flag
ufosay --help                   # Show usage

Examples

ufosay "We will conquer the earth!!"

 ________________________________________
/ We will conquer                        \
| the earth!!                            |
\                                        /
 ----------------------------------------
        _.---._
      .'       '.
  _.-~===========~-._
 (___________________)
       \_______/

Animation details

Mistype triggers (optional)

If you frequently mistype ls, run one of the install scripts to set up automatic triggers:

Linux / macOS

./install.sh

This adds aliases to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc:

Windows PowerShell

.\install.ps1

Windows CMD

install.bat

Requirements

• Python 3.8 or later
• Any terminal that supports ANSI escape codes (all modern terminals do)

License

MIT