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Dev tools · August 20, 2012

Loading Indicator Innovation

ASCII animals in your terminal, for any occasion. - GitHub - ivolo/animals: ASCII animals in your terminal, for any occasion.

Loading Indicator Innovation launched on August 20, 2012 with 14 votes, #88 of 411 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 14 years on.

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Loading Indicator Innovation displays ASCII art animals in the terminal. The tool generates text-based animal graphics that developers can use for various purposes in their command-line interface. It is designed for developers who want to add visual elements to terminal applications or scripts. The project has been available since 2012 and is hosted on GitHub.

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