💭 C.S. Lewis Wisdom

A multilingual CLI tool that brings timeless wisdom from C.S. Lewis directly to your terminal

✨ Features

• 🌍 Multilingual Support: Automatically detects your system language. Now supports Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian.
• 📚 Rich Quote Collection: Over 60 carefully selected quotes, now categorized.
• 🎨 Enhanced Terminal UI: Uses boxen for a professional and elegant display.
• 🎯 Advanced CLI: Filter quotes by category and manually specify languages via flags.
• 🔄 Interactive: Ask for more quotes or exit gracefully.

🚀 Installation

Global Installation (Recommended)

npm install -g cslewis-wisdom

Local Installation

npm install cslewis-wisdom

📖 Usage

Simply run:

cslewis-wisdom

🎯 Flags and Options

Customize your experience using flags:

| Flag | Description | Options | | --- | --- | --- | | -l, --lang | Specify language | pt, en, es, fr, de, it | | -c, --category | Filter by category | faith, friendship, love, education, literature, character, growth, learning, art, humility, courage | | -v, --version | Show version | |

Examples:

# Filter by faith in English
cslewis-wisdom --lang en --category faith

# Search for wisdom about love in Italian
cslewis-wisdom -l it -c love

🌐 Language Support

The application automatically detects your system locale and displays content in:

• Portuguese (pt)
• English (en) - Default & Fallback
• Spanish (es)
• French (fr)
• German (de)
• Italian (it)

🛠️ Development

Clone the repository and install dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/rilsonjoas/cslewis-wisdom.git
cd cslewis-wisdom
npm install

Run locally (interactive dev mode):

npm run dev

Build and run final version:

npm run build
npm start

📝 Quote Categories

Quotes are organized into themes, including:

• faith: Christianity, spirituality, and belief.
• friendship: The nature and value of friends.
• love: Vulnerability, affection, and grace.
• education: Learning, teaching, and values.
• literature: Books, reading, and art.
• character/growth: Honor, courage, and personal development.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to:

• Add new quotes to src/data/quotes.json
• Improve strings in src/data/ui.json
• Add support for new languages
• Enhance the user interface
• Fix bugs or improve performance

📄 License

MIT © Rilson Joás

🙏 Acknowledgments

• C.S. Lewis - For the timeless wisdom
• Chalk - For beautiful terminal colors
• The Node.js community for excellent CLI tools

"We read to know we're not alone." - C.S. Lewis