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Life & fun · March 17, 2017

*nixy filter to color stdout, by rows or space-separated columns

*nixy filter that adds color to its standard input by rows or columns - lonetwin/colorize

*nixy filter to color stdout, by rows or space-separated columns launched on March 17, 2017 with 36 votes, #833 of 3,481 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

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Nixy is a Unix command-line tool that colors standard output either by rows or by space-separated columns. It lets users visually organize terminal text through color coding applied at different structural levels. The tool is designed for developers and command-line users who want to make console output more readable and easier to scan. It launched in 2017 as a lightweight utility for enhancing terminal visibility.

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