fortune-code

Generate random programming wisdom, coding jokes, and software quotes in classic Unix fortune style

Features

• Display random fortune from curated collection of 200+ entries
• Category filtering: --tips, --jokes, --quotes, --antipatterns, or --all
• ASCII art borders and decorative formatting around fortunes
• Colored output with syntax highlighting for code snippets in fortunes
• Short mode (--short) for one-liners vs long mode for multi-line wisdom
• Search functionality to find fortunes containing specific keywords
• List mode (--list) to show all available fortunes in a category
• Add custom fortunes to ~/.config/fortune-code/custom.txt
• Cowsay integration (--cowsay) for ASCII art character delivery
• Shell integration examples for daily fortune in .bashrc/.zshrc

How to Use

Use this project when you need to:

• Quickly solve problems related to fortune-code
• Integrate rust functionality into your workflow
• Learn how rust handles common patterns

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/KurtWeston/fortune-code.git
cd fortune-code

# Install dependencies
cargo build

Usage

cargo run

Built With

• rust

Dependencies

• clap
• rand
• colored
• textwrap

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

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