---
name: "nyancat"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nyancat"
version: "1.5.2-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nyancat"
---

# nyancat(1)

terminal-based Pop Tart Cat animation

## NAME

nyancat - terminal-based Pop Tart Cat animation

## SYNOPSIS

**nyancat \[ -hitn \] \[-f frames\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**nyancat** is an animated, color, ANSI-text program that renders a loop of the classic Nyan Cat animation.

nyancat makes use of various ANSI escape sequences to render color, or in the case of a VT220, simply dumps text to the screen.

## OPTIONS

- **-i, --intro**

  Show introduction / about information on startup.

- **-I, --skip-intro**

  Skip the introduction in telnet mode.

- **-t, --telnet**

  Enable telnet mode.

- **-n, --no-counter**

  Do not display the timer.

- **-s, --no-title**

  Do not set the titlebar text.

- **-e, --no-clear**

  Do not clear the display between frames.

- **-f, --frames**

  Display the requested number of frames, then quit.

- **-r, --min-rows**

  Crop the animation from the top.

- **-R, --max-rows**

  Crop the animation from the bottom.

- **-c, --min-cols**

  Crop the animation from the left.

- **-C, --max-cols**

  Crop the animation from the right.

- **-W, --width**

  Crop the animation to the given width.

- **-H, --height**

  Crop the animation to the given height.

- **-h, --help**

  Show help message and exit.

## HOMEPAGE

**Homepage:** http://nyancat.dakko.us/

**Repository:** https://github.com/klange/nyancat

## AUTHOR

nyancat was written by K. Lange \<klange@toaruos.org\>.

This manual page was written by Jonathan McCrohan \<jmccrohan@gmail.com\>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).