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Grow an ASCII Bonsai With cbonsai

Watch a bonsai tree branch out one character at a time.

macOSTerminalASCII artLow risk
Run cbonsai -l -i to watch a bonsai grow continuously; press q to quit.

01Command

Command
$ cbonsai -l -i

02What it does

cbonsai grows a randomized bonsai from a seed using ncurses. Live mode -l animates the growth and -i repeats with a new tree forever. Without flags it prints one finished tree and exits.

03Risk

RiskLow risk
Requirementsbrew install cbonsai
CompatibilitymacOS with Homebrew installed
!Warning: The infinite mode runs until you quit; avoid it inside scripts or CI logs.

04Undo

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

05Sources

  • Homebrew formula: cbonsai
    Homebrew · vendor-doc · 2026-09-20
    Evidence: Installs cbonsai, an ncurses bonsai-tree generator.
  • cbonsai
    GitLab · vendor-doc · 2026-09-20
    Evidence: Documents -l live growth mode and -i infinite mode.

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

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