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Clock, timer, time manager and ASCII+ text-art viewer for the terminal. Version 2.4.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Clock, timer, time manager and ASCII+ text-art viewer for the terminal
Project links
Commands and aliases
- artprint
- arttime
history
Project history and usage
arttime is a terminal clock, timer, time manager, and text-art viewer. It is intentionally small in the Unix sense: a shell-based interactive program that can be controlled from the keyboard, files, pipes, strings, or other processes.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created in May 2022, and the first GitHub release, v1.0.0, was published on May 23, 2022. The README presents arttime as both a productivity tool and a platform for curated ASCII, ANSI, PETSCII, and Unicode text art.
Release titles show the project growing quickly through 2022 and 2023: multiple timers and pattern-based time management arrived early, a universal Unix installer followed, v2.0.0 added history, completion, expressive timers, storyboards, and key-feeding support, and v2.1.0 added Windows WSL notification and sound support.
Adoption history
The README documents simple, manual, package-manager, and Docker installation paths. Homebrew appears in the provided package-manager facts, while the README's packaging section invites distribution maintainers to package arttime and points to release artifacts such as Debian packages.
GitHub repository metadata reported over one thousand stars at research time. The README also includes a stargazer-location image and calls for artists, reflecting adoption as both a utility and a text-art collection.
How it is used
Users run `arttime` for a clock, timer, alarm, or repeating time-management pattern. The tool can associate timers with art, colors, and messages, show progress bars, switch time zones interactively, and store prompt history.
A companion `artprint` script is installed for consistent art and message display from other shell workflows. The README highlights use with pipes and feeder programs for dynamic information such as system metrics, weather, and market feeds.
Why package nerds care
arttime is a package-nerd curiosity because it packages a highly interactive terminal UI as mostly shell, with a strong bias toward zero or minimal dependencies on Unix-like systems. It also treats terminal art as first-class package content rather than decoration.
For Homebrew users, it is the kind of niche CLI that benefits from package-manager installability: a user can install it, get the `arttime` and `artprint` commands, and avoid chasing manual shell setup.
Timeline
- 2022: Repository created and v1.0.0 released.
- 2022: v1.5.0 added multiple goals and pattern-based time management.
- 2023: v2.0.0 added history, completion, expressive timers, storyboards, and key feeding.
- 2025: v2.4.0 release focused on smoother operation across more systems.
Related projects
- The README acknowledges classic text artists, ascii-image-converter, and aewan as related influences or tools.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
artprint | cli | global executable | |
arttime | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version2.4.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv2.4.0
https://github.com/poetaman/arttime
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:arttime |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.4.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/arttime |
| Homepage | https://github.com/poetaman/arttime |
| Repository | https://github.com/poetaman/arttime |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/poetaman/arttime#readme |
| License | GPL-3.0-only |
| Source archive | https://github.com/poetaman/arttime/archive/refs/tags/v2.4.0.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | fzf |
| Bottle | available (on all) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | arttime |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment