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[](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/releases.html)
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# boxes
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**Command line ASCII boxes unlimited!**
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[Boxes](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/) is a command line filter program which draws ASCII
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art boxes around your input text ([examples](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/examples.html)).
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For more information, please visit [the website](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/).
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## Download
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The recommended way is to install *boxes* via your package manager. But many ways exist
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to get *boxes* onto your machine, [details here](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/download.html).
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## Running it
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Try if boxes works by typing `echo foo | boxes` on the command line.
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It should give you something like that:
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/*******/
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/* foo */
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/*******/
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Type `boxes -l` to get a long list of box designs to use. Detailed usage information is in the
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[manual page](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/boxes-man-1.html) and on the website. Consider
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[tying *boxes* to your editor](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/editors.html),
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so that it can be invoked by a simple keypress.
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## Status
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*Boxes* is **stable**.
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It has been around since 1999, and is still available and kept current in many package managers
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(apt, rpm, choco, brew, just to name a few). Its source code is quite portable, and so, *boxes*
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has been made to run on a wide range of platforms, from Windows PCs to Netgear routers.
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*Boxes* has matured, and is thusly no longer being actively developed. But contributors can be sure
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that their pull requests are promptly reviewed and merged into the main code base.
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Update 2021: In 2021, the original author has turned to *boxes* again in order to implement all
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open issues, including full multi-byte character set support. This is still ongoing, but there
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have already been two new releases with significant new functionality.
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## Development
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The website has information on [building from source](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/build.html),
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[testing](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/testing.html), and
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[contributing](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/contributing.html) to the source code.<br/>
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*Boxes* has received support from many [contributors](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/team.html#contributors)
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over the years, and continues to benefit greatly from contributions. Many thanks for that!
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## Custom box designs
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You can define [your own box designs](https://boxes.thomasjensen.com/config-general.html)!
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We appreciate the creative new box designs that you craft for *boxes*.
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If you think that others should have your box designs, please feel free to submit them in the
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form of pull requests on
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[boxes-config](https://github.com/ascii-boxes/boxes/blob/master/boxes-config),
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and they may make it into the next release!
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## License
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Boxes is free software under the GNU General Public License, version 2
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([GPLv2](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html)).
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```
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_________________________
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/\ \
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\_| Thank you for |
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| using Boxes! |
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\_/______________________/
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```
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