Games
Launches Emacs so its built-in games can be used; Emacs is installed through Homebrew only when this option needs it.
Interactive Terminal Menu
Fun Commands
Fun Commands is a Terminal menu of visual effects, ASCII utilities, classic command-line toys, historical lookups, text-to-speech, and other lightweight entertainment features.
Installation
Using the Melding Software Mac installer
Copy and paste this command into Terminal to install the Melding Software Mac scripts.
After reopening Terminal, type MeldingSoftware anytime to load the list.
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MeldingSoftware/Scripts/main/Mac/install.sh | bash
Because this command downloads and immediately runs a shell installer, you can review install.sh in the GitHub repository before executing it. Individual scripts may also request permissions, administrator access, Keychain authorization, Full Disk Access, or other macOS approvals depending on what the selected tool needs.
Documentation
Included menu items
The Matrix Rain
Runs cmatrix when available.
Make It Snow
Uses a Ruby terminal animation when available, with a Python fallback.
ASCII Star Wars
Uses netcat to connect to a public ASCII Star Wars service, with a fallback path when the classic service is unavailable.
ASCII Train
Runs the sl command.
Random Quote
Uses fortune.
Create A Banner
Uses figlet to turn entered text into terminal banner art.
Birthstones & Flowers
Uses a built-in month mapping and does not require an online lookup.
Historical Events
Searches the local macOS calendar.history file by keyword or MM/DD when that system data exists.
Cowsay
Passes user-entered text to cowsay.
Terminal Speech
Uses macOS's built-in say command.
Documentation
Homebrew behavior
Detects Intel and Apple Silicon locations
The script checks /opt/homebrew and /usr/local so Homebrew can be found on both common architectures.
Can install Homebrew
If Homebrew is missing, the current script invokes Homebrew's official installer with curl.
Installs command dependencies
It can install cmatrix, sl, cowsay, fortune/fortune-mod, and figlet as needed.
Documentation
Interaction behavior
Terminal stays open
Choosing Exit ends the script without forcibly closing Terminal windows.
Ctrl+C handling
The script is designed so Ctrl+C can stop a running toy without necessarily terminating the overall menu.
Graceful fallbacks
When optional commands are unavailable, the menu reports the problem and returns rather than silently failing.
Screenshot
Tool preview
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Does it install software?
It can install Homebrew and selected command-line dependencies when they are not already available.
Does every feature require internet?
No. Several features are local, but Homebrew installs and ASCII Star Wars can require internet access.
Can it speak text aloud?
Yes. The Let Your Terminal Speak option uses the built-in macOS say command.
How do I exit?
Choose option 0 from the menu.