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ASCII Aquarium With asciiquarium

Run a calm fish-tank animation made of plain text characters.

macOSmediaASCII artLow risk
Run asciiquarium to start the aquarium; press q to quit.

01Command

Command
$ asciiquarium

02What it does

asciiquarium renders fish, bubbles and seaweed with ASCII characters and frames. It needs a terminal that supports the perl term animation modules, which the Homebrew formula pulls in automatically.

03Risk

RiskLow risk
Requirementsbrew install asciiquarium
CompatibilitymacOS with Homebrew installed
!Warning: It is an endless animation, so run it only in an interactive terminal, not over a slow SSH link.

04Undo

✓No undo needed — this command does not change persistent state.

05Sources

  • Homebrew formula: asciiquarium
    Homebrew · vendor-doc · 2026-09-20
    Evidence: Installs asciiquarium, an ASCII-art aquarium animation.
  • Asciiquarium
    Kirk Baucom · vendor-doc · 2026-09-20
    Evidence: Project page describing the terminal aquarium.

Last verified: 2026-09-20 · Category: Media

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