lunasorcery/pridecat

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lunasorcery/pridecat.json

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  "description": "🏳️‍🌈 Like cat but more colorful! ✨",
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  "language": "C++",
  "name": "pridecat",
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  "updatedAt": "2025-11-17T13:05:32Z",
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🏳️‍🌈 pridecat

Like cat, but more colorful - inspired by lolcat.

Colorize your terminal output with pride!

![]!(docs/screenshot.png)

Flags

--aromantic,--aro
  Aromantic pride flag designed by Tumblr user 'cameronwhimsy' in 2014

--aromantic-asexual,--aroace
  Aromantic-asexual pride flag designed by Tumblr user 'aroaesflags' in 2018

--asexual,--ace
  Asexual pride flag designed by AVEN user 'standup' in 2010

--bisexual,--bi
  Bisexual pride flag designed by Michael Page in 1998

--community-lesbian,--lesbian
  5-color 'Community' variant designed by Tumblr user 'taqwomen' in 2018

--genderqueer
  Genderqueer pride flag designed by Marilyn Roxie in 2011

--lgbt
  Classic 6-color rainbow flag popular since 1979

--lgbt-1978
  Original 8-color rainbow flag designed by Gilbert Baker in 1978

--lgbtpoc
  POC-inclusive rainbow flag designed by Philadelphia City Council in 2017

--lipstick-lesbian,--pink-lesbian
  Lipstick lesbian pride flag designed by Natalie McCray in 2010

--new-lesbian
  New lesbian pride flag designed by Emily Gwen in 2018

--nonbinary,--enby,--nb
  Non-binary pride flag designed by Kye Rowan in 2014

--pansexual,--pan
  Pansexual pride flag designed by Evie Varney in 2010

--transgender,--trans
  Transgender pride flag designed by Monica Helms in 1999

Additional options

-b,--background
  Change the background color instead of the text color

-f,--force
  Force color even when stdout is not a tty

-l,--lighten
  Lighten colors slightly for improved readability on dark backgrounds

-d,--darken
  Darken colors slightly for improved readability on light backgrounds

-t,--truecolor
  Force truecolor output (even if the terminal doesn't seem to support it)

-T,--no-truecolor
  Force disable truecolor output (even if the terminal does seem to support it)

-h,--help
  Display the help page

Building

On any *nix system it should be as simple as:

git clone https://github.com/lunasorcery/pridecat.git
cd pridecat
make && make install

This depends on a recent (C++11) C++ compiler being available. If you encounter issues, please let me know.

Windows support?

There’s currently no Windows-compatible build setup, but the code should work under the notable windows terminals if you compile it with cl.exe. Tested in cmd, PowerShell, and Windows Terminal.

It also appears to work out-of-the-box in WSL.

License

pridecat is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license.