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Make Your Terminal Beautiful with Python: ASCII Art & Fancy Progress Bars ✨🐍!!

Nishkarsh Pandey on May 23, 2025

Want to level up your terminal output with cool animations, progress bars, and fancy ASCII art? This quick guide shows you how to combine three awe...
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Melody Kelly. N

Looks good 🀝🎯

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Nishkarsh Pandey

Thanks a ton, Melody! Really appreciate the support πŸ€πŸ˜„ More terminal fun on the way! πŸš€πŸ–₯️

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Melody Kelly. N

Really appreciate it. Thanks

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Nishkarsh Pandey

Thanks so much, Melody! I really appreciate your support and enthusiasm. Looking forward to sharing more fun terminal projects together! πŸ™ŒπŸβœ¨

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nadeem zia

Interesting to read

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Nishkarsh Pandey

Thanks Nadeem 😊

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Pelo

That’s a great summary! You’ve highlighted some awesome ways to level up CLI apps with style and interactivity.

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Nishkarsh Pandey

Thanks so much, Pelo! Glad you liked the summary β€” making CLI apps both powerful and visually appealing is definitely a game changer!

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SamuraiX[13~]

I knew about Rich but never saw tqdm, look really nice! thank you for showing the picture of them as well

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Nishkarsh Pandey

Thanks a lot, SamuraiX! 😊
Yeah, tqdm is such a hidden gem β€” pairs beautifully with rich for that aesthetic + functional combo. Glad the visuals helped! Let me know if you try something cool with them !!

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SamuraiX[13~]

Oh sure would love to! but unfortunately SAT exam is getting too much close to me lol, I have less than 2 weeks till exam, would gladly write any project just for the sake of programming after my exam as I really miss programming

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Nishkarsh Pandey

Totally get that, SamuraiX! Best of luck crushing your SAT β€” programming projects will be waiting for you after, and they’ll be even more fun with a fresh mind. You've got this! πŸ’ͺ
By the way, what colleges are you aiming for or hoping to get into?

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Dotallio

Love this! Using rich and tqdm honestly makes any CLI so much more fun to work with. Have you tried combining rich’s tables with pyfiglet headers for full-on dashboards?

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Nishkarsh Pandey

Thanks so much! πŸ™Œ I totally agree β€” rich and tqdm can really bring a CLI to life!
And yes β€” using pyfiglet headers with rich tables is such a power combo! 🎨 It gives off those retro looking dashboard vibes in the terminal πŸ˜„
I’ve been experimenting a bit with that setup actually β€” like displaying a pyfiglet banner as the section title, followed by a well-styled rich.table for stats or task lists. It's surprisingly satisfying to look at!
Might even turn it into a mini dashboard project next. Have you built anything like that yet?

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AIQuant Labs

Good job!

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Nishkarsh Pandey

Thank you so much! Glad you liked it β€” more Python terminal magic coming soon! πŸ”₯🐍

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AIQuant Labs

Its Awesome

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Nishkarsh Pandey

Thanks !!!

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Nathan Tarbert

pretty cool, i always tweak my scripts with stuff like this - you think nice visuals actually help you stay motivated during long runs or is it just for fun?

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Nishkarsh Pandey

Thanks! Honestly, a bit of both. I’ve noticed that having fun visuals like ASCII art or animated progress bars makes long-running scripts feel more engaging. It’s like adding a little personality to the terminal. Sometimes it’s just aesthetic, but other times it genuinely helps break the monotony and keep me focused. Glad to hear you tweak your scripts too β€” it’s underrated fun!

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Melody Kelly. N

Cool