Ducksay 🦆

ducksay is a simple CLI tool that prints an adorable rubber duck (🦆) with a speech bubble, similar to cowsay, but with a friendly rubber duck! The idea behind this tool comes from rubber duck debugging, a technique where explaining your code to a rubber duck helps you understand and solve problems. ducksay brings that same spirit of debugging to the command line, offering you a virtual rubber duck to assist with your coding challenges.

Why a Rubber Duck?

In the world of programming, rubber duck debugging is a well-known technique among developers. It involves explaining your code, line by line, to a rubber duck (or any inanimate object) to help clarify your thought process and identify potential bugs. This simple, yet effective method often helps developers approach problems from new angles and ultimately find solutions.

ducksay brings this fun and useful debugging concept to the terminal. Use it whenever you need a virtual rubber duck to guide you through your debugging process!

Basic Usage

To use ducksay, simply run the following command in your terminal:

# Basic usage with a custom message
ducksay --message "Your message here!"

# With color option
ducksay --color green --message "Stay positive!"

# With language option
ducksay --lang ko --message "디버깅 중~"

# Show a random default message
ducksay

Options

--message, -m

Specify the message to display in the speech bubble.

ducksay -m "Debugging is fun!"

If omitted, a random message will be chosen.

--lang <lang>

Set the language of the default messages.

• en: English (default)
• ko: Korean

ducksay --lang ko

--color <color>

Set the color of the duck. Available colors:

• yellow (default)
• green
• blue
• cyan
• magenta
• red
• white

ducksay --color cyan

If an unsupported color is entered, it will default to yellow.

Example Output

ducksay --color green --message "I need to debug this code!"

  ______________________________________
 < I need to debug this code!           >
  --------------------------------------
      \
       \
            _
          <(. )__
            (_(____)/
            `-----'

Contributing

This is a basic version of ducksay, and there's always room for improvement! If you'd like to contribute, feel free to submit a pull request. We welcome contributions that make this tool more fun and helpful for developers.

PRs are always welcome!

License

MIT