---
name: "cbonsai"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "cbonsai"
version: "1.3.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cbonsai"
---

# cbonsai(6)

grow bonsai trees in your terminal

## NAME

cbonsai - grow bonsai trees in your terminal

## SYNOPSIS

cbonsai \[OPTION\]...

## DESCRIPTION

cbonsai is a beautifully random bonsai tree generator.

## OPTIONS

- **-l**, **--live**

  live mode: show each step of growth

- **-t**, **--time**=*TIME*

  in live mode, wait TIME secs between steps of growth (must be larger than 0) \[default: 0.03\]

- **-i**, **--infinite**

  infinite mode: keep growing trees

- **-w**, **--wait**=*TIME*

  in infinite mode, wait TIME between each tree generation \[default: 4.00\]

- **-S**, **--screensaver**

  screensaver mode; equivalent to -liWC and quit on any keypress

- **-m**, **--message**=*STR*

  attach message next to the tree

- **-b**, **--base**=*INT*

  ascii-art plant base to use, 0 is none

- **-c**, **--leaf**=*LIST*

  list of comma-delimited strings randomly chosen for leaves

- **-M**, **--multiplier**=*INT*

  branch multiplier; higher -\> more branching (0-20) \[default: 5\]

- **-L**, **--life**=*INT*

  life; higher -\> more growth (0-200) \[default: 32\]

- **-p**, **--print**

  print tree to terminal when finished

- **-s**, **--seed**=*INT*

  seed random number generator

- **-W**, **--save**=*FILE*

  save progress to file \[default: ~/.cache/cbonsai\]

- **-C**, **--load**=*FILE*

  load progress from file \[default: ~/.cache/cbonsai\]

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  increase output verbosity

- **-h**, **--help**

  show help

## AUTHORS

Maintained by John Allbritten \<me@johnallbritten.com\>, who is assisted by other open source contributors. For more information about cbonsai development, see \<https://gitlab.com/jallbrit/cbonsai\>.