Linux Candy is a series of articles covering interesting eye candy software. We only feature open source software in this series.
Some of the programs in this series are purely cosmetic, frivolous pieces of fun. Candy at their finest. But we also include some programs that aren’t purely decorative.
There’s a diverse range of programs included in this series. Programs such as eDEX-UI and Variety are actually highly practical programs. ASCIIQuarium has soothing and relaxing qualities for your desktop. Other programs included in this series (such as lolcat, cacafire) are included purely for their decorative qualities. And then there’s some really fun software that just raises a smile or two.
PyBonsai is a Python script that generates procedural ASCII art trees in the comfort of your terminal. This is free and open source software.
Installation
We evaluated PyBonsai with the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Manjaro distributions. Manjaro is an Arch-based distro. Searching for a package in Pamac (Manjaro’s GUI package manager) drew a blank. We reverted to a manual approach.
Clone the project’s GitHib repository:
$ git clone https://github.com/Ben-Edwards44/PyBonsai.git
Change into the newly created directory:
$ cd PyBonsai
Run the install.sh script:
$ sudo bash install.sh
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Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction and Installation
Page 2 – In Operation and Summary