Xkcdsay

xkcdsay is a simple application just for fun. Once again, Just for fun.

I like cowsay, ponysay or other similar programs very much, and I also like accessing xkcd to view the comics too. So I build the xkcdsay which can let me view the xkcd comic in the terminal.

All commic data of xkcdsay is downloaded from XKCD and is saved to a TiDB DevTier cluster hosted on TiDB cloud.

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Limitation

xkcdsay uses Sixel to show the image in the terminal. If you don't know whether your terminal supports Sixel or not, you can refer to Terminal-requirements.

Build from the source

git clone https://github.com/siddontang/xkcdsay.git
cd xkcdsay
make

# the xkcdsay binary will be installed in the current ./bin/xkcdsay

Install with Homebrew

brew install siddontang/brew/xkcdsay

Usage

# Randomly see a comic 
xkcdsay 

# See the 1st comic
xkcdsay -n 1

TODO - Need help

• [ ] Find a better way to show the image when the Terminal doesn't support Sixel
• [ ] support comic cache for xkcdsay
• [ ] add an ASCII art support like cowsay for the saying words