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Draw ASCII art boxes around your input text

Text Processing linuxmacos C GPL-2.0

Description

Boxes is a command-line filter program that draws ASCII art boxes around your input text. It comes with a large collection of box designs and can be used to create decorative text borders for comments, documentation, and terminal output.

When to use this tool

Good fit when
  • You want to add decorative borders to text
  • You need ASCII art comment blocks in source code
Avoid when
  • You need rich text formatting

AI Summary

CLI filter that draws ASCII art boxes and borders around text

Capabilities

  • + Draw ASCII art boxes around text
  • + Multiple box design styles
  • + Custom box design support
  • + Pipe-friendly filter operation

Use When

  • You want to add decorative borders to text
  • You need ASCII art comment blocks in source code

Avoid When

  • x You need rich text formatting
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