Aronasay

A CLI program featuring talking Arona from Blue Archive!

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About

Aronasay is a CLI program like cowsay, but instead of a talking cow, it's Arona from Blue Archive! Make Arona say anything you want with various ASCII art versions to choose from. Perfect for adding some Blue Archive energy to your terminal!

Inspired by Momoisay by Mon4sm.

Features

• Talking ASCII art of Arona
• Animated ASCII art of Arona
• Multiple versions to choose from
• Pipe-friendly (works with stdin)

Installation

Quick Install (Recommended)

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/aronasay.git
cd aronasay
chmod +x install/install.sh
sudo ./install/install.sh

Manual Installation

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/aronasay.git
cd aronasay
sudo cp src/aronasay.py /usr/local/bin/aronasay
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/aronasay

Usage

Basic Usage

# Simple message
aronasay "Hello, Sensei!"

# Multi-line message
aronasay "Hello, Sensei!
Welcome to Kivotos!
Let's have fun!"

# Pipe from other commands
echo "Good morning!" | aronasay
fortune | aronasay

Animated Mode

# Show animated Arona (default version 1)
aronasay -a

# Show specific animation version
aronasay -a 2

# See all available versions
aronasay -l

This is perfect for terminal eye candy or ricing your setup!

Customization

# Custom speech bubble width
aronasay -w 60 "This is a wider speech bubble!"

# Combine with other tools
date | aronasay

Examples

# Morning greeting
echo "Good morning, Sensei!" | aronasay

# Random fortune
fortune | aronasay

# Git commit message
git log -1 --pretty=%B | aronasay

# System info
uname -a | aronasay

# Current date and time
date | aronasay

# Add to your .bashrc or .zshrc for login greeting
echo "Welcome back, Sensei!" | aronasay

File Structure

aronasay/
├── src/
│   ├── art/
│   │   └── arona_art.py      # ASCII art collection
│   └── aronasay.py            # Main program
├── install/
│   └── install.sh             # Installation script
├── README.md
└── LICENSE

Options

usage: aronasay [-h] [-a [VERSION]] [-f] [-l] [-w WIDTH] [message ...]

positional arguments:
  message               The message for Arona to say

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -a [VERSION], --animate [VERSION]
                        Show animated Arona (optionally specify version, default: 1)
  -l, --list            List all available versions
  -w WIDTH, --width WIDTH
                        Width of the speech bubble (default: 40)

Requirements

• Python 3.6 or higher
• No external dependencies! Pure Python stdlib

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to:

• Add new ASCII art versions of Arona
• Improve animations
• Fix bugs
• Enhance features

License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Credits

• Arona character from Blue Archive by Nexon
• Inspired by Momoisay by Mon4sm
• Original concept based on the classic cowsay program

Related Projects

• Momoisay - Momoi version by Mon4sm (C)
• cowsay - The original talking cow