Linux Candy

Linux Candy: nyancat – Terminal-based Pop Tart Cat Animation

Last Updated on May 25, 2022

Summary

nyancat definitely falls into the category of harmless candy. If you remember the 2011 YouTube, give nyancat a whirl.

The animation is specifically sized to fit a standard 80×24 display with minimal degradation. There’s support for most terminals.

Almost all nyancat’s telnet servers have been discontinued. But the nyancat.acc.umu.se server works. Type telnet nyancat.acc.umu.se at a shell prompt, and enjoy the animation without installing the software.

nyancat is written in C. If you want to master C, check out our free C programming book recommendations.

Website: github.com/klange/nyancat
Support:
Developer: K. Lange and contributors
License: NCSA/UIUC license

Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction / Installation
Page 2 – In Operation
Page 3 – Summary

Complete list of articles in this series:

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