venc — Terminal Customization CLI

A lightweight, fun terminal customization CLI tool with colors, ASCII art generation, hacker/matrix animations, and rainbow effects.

Features

• Color modes — Set terminal output to green, red, blue, yellow, cyan, magenta, or white
• ASCII art — Generate large ASCII-art text from any input using multiple fonts
• Hacker mode — Matrix-style visual animation with binary, hex, and status messages
• Rainbow mode — Animated rainbow terminal demo
• Interactive mode — Menu-driven interface for all features
• Cross-platform — Works on Windows, Linux, and macOS

Requirements

• Node.js >= 14

Installation

npm install -g venc

Quick Start

venc

Opens the interactive menu.

CLI Commands

Color Modes

venc -g          # Green
venc -r          # Red
venc -b          # Blue
venc -y          # Yellow
venc --cyan      # Cyan
venc --magenta   # Magenta
venc --white     # White

ASCII Name Generation

venc -n "VENKEY"              # Default font
venc -n "HELLO" -r            # Red colored ASCII
venc -n "DEVELOPER" -b        # Blue colored ASCII
venc -n "VENKEY" --font block  # Block font
venc -n "VENKEY" --font slant  # Slant font
venc -n "VENKEY" --rainbow    # Rainbow ASCII

Available fonts: standard, block, slant, small, big, banner, digital, lean, shadow, rectangles

Hacker Mode

venc -h              # Normal speed
venc -h --slow       # Slow speed
venc -h --fast       # Fast speed

Press Ctrl+C to exit.

Rainbow Mode

venc --rainbow

Reset

venc --reset

Help & Version

venc --help
venc --version

Interactive Mode

Running venc without arguments opens a menu with options: Change color, Create ASCII name, Hacker mode, Rainbow mode, Reset, Help, Exit.

Cross-Platform Notes

• Color effects work in most modern terminals (Windows Terminal, PowerShell, CMD, Linux/macOS terminals)
• Some older terminals may not support all ANSI features
• Terminal reset restores colors within the current session only

Development

# Clone and install
git clone <repo>
cd venc
npm install

# Link globally for testing
npm link

# Test locally
venc --help
venc -g
venc -n "VENKEY"

# Run tests
npm test

Publishing to npm

npm login
npm publish --access public

License

MIT