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Welcome to Forgum! This wiki will teach you everything you need to know to use Forgum, from simple installation to advanced customization.

What is Forgum?

Forgum is a fun PowerShell tool that shows your terminal a cow saying a random quote (fortune) with optional rainbow colors. Think of it as a little friend that lives in your terminal and greets you with wisdom every time you open it.

Quick Links

Guide	Description
Getting Started	Install and run in 2 minutes
PowerShell Integration	Make Forgum part of your PowerShell profile
Bash & Zsh Integration	Use Forgum from Bash or Zsh shells
Fish Integration	Use Forgum from Fish shell
tmux Integration	Show fortunes in your tmux status bar
Configuration	Change how Forgum looks and behaves
Custom Cows	Create your own cow drawings
Custom Fortunes	Add your own quotes
Sample Configs	Ready-to-use startup configs for all shells
Troubleshooting	Fix common problems

What You Can Do

# Show a cow with a random fortune
forgum

# Show your own message
forgum -Text "Hello World!"

# Get just a fortune (no cow)
Get-Fortune

# See all 107 cow characters
Get-CFCow

# Enable rainbow colors
Set-CFConfig -Config @{ lolcat = @{ enabled = $true } }
forgum

Requirements

• Windows: PowerShell 5.1 or newer (comes pre-installed)
• Mac/Linux: PowerShell 7 or newer
• No other software needed — Forgum is pure PowerShell

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