TermSaver .:. The simple text-based terminal screensaver

TermSaver
A simple text-based terminal screensaver.

2013/03/20 - Version 0.2 released! Check it out
2012/11/23 - Now available via apt-get on Ubuntu by default

This is an open source initiative for people spending too much time on the black screen... because it can also be fun in there!

$ termsaver --help

You can terminate a screen at anytime by pressing Ctrl+C, standard keyboard interrupt command for command-line applications.

Watch this demo video of termsaver in action:

From Ubuntu (12.10+):

$ sudo apt-get install termsaver

You can also download the latest debian package:

Alternatively, if you can use pip (for MacOSX):

$ sudo pip install termsaver

Or, build it from the source: download latest file available here.

$ tar -zxvf termsaver-{version}.tar.gz
$ cd termsaver-{version}
$ sudo python setup.py install