large-tty

Large Type Over SSH

large-tty is a tiny Bubble Tea app that renders your input as large ASCII art (figlet-style) and serves it over SSH — so anyone can jump in with:

ssh large-tty.com

Now also available as a web app at large-tty.com.

Inspired by large-type.com.

Demo

demo.mp4

Built With

Terminal (Go)

• TUI - Charm Bubble Tea + Bubbles
• Styling - Lip Gloss
• SSH - Charm Wish
• Figlet - go-figure

Web (TypeScript)

• Framework - TanStack Start + React 19
• Routing - TanStack Router (file-based)
• Styling - Tailwind CSS v4
• Figlet - figlet.js (100+ fonts, lazy-loaded)

Features

Large ASCII Output

• Multiple Fonts - standard, slant, big, larry3d, colossal, doom, etc.
• Auto Shrink - Falls back to smaller fonts when output won’t fit the terminal

Terminal-Friendly Layout

• Responsive & Centered - Adapts to terminal window size and stays centered
• Wrapping - Output wraps cleanly when needed

Web App

• Keyboard Shortcuts - Powered by TanStack Hotkeys — Tab / Shift+Tab to cycle fonts, Ctrl+R for random, Enter to clear
• Responsive Figlet Wrapping - Measures true monospace column width via ResizeObserver to wrap output perfectly

Prerequisites

• Go 1.25+ - Download here
• Node.js 22+ & pnpm - for the web app

Getting Started

Web

cd web
pnpm install
pnpm dev            # localhost:3000

Terminal

go install github.com/mamuzad/large-tty/cmd/large-tty@latest
large-tty           # run the TUI

Or run the SSH server (port 2222):

go run ./cmd/large-tty-ssh
ssh -p 2222 localhost