zal-go #

z̢͎͍̱̬͙̭͙̻̜͕̝̮̄̾̉͊̉̋̅̋̒͆̑̄̂̃̓͟͜ą̶̸̛̛̤̹̩̟̤̜̮͙̟͍̰̐̽͋̆́͆̕͟͠͠l̵̡̛̪̮̘̱̻̪̗̱̤̰͙͕̩̆̌̽̓̆̓̊͆̍̓́͌̉͞-̵̸̨̨̧̛͖̟̝͚͋̃̎̀̂̑̒͢͞͡g̷̢̢̡̭͎̭̘͚̱̘̩̪͖̝͍͖̑̊̏̎͞ő̧̻̟̭̫̹̦͕͍̰̾̄͊̒̎̈́̍̐̉̆́̕

Description #

This is a simple CLI utility to make text appear corrupted.

Usage #

Web #

Go to spenserblack.github.io/zal-go.

CLI #

$ echo "Hello, world!" | zalgo
H̞͖̚̚e̼l̶̬̩l͙̱õ͓̬,̜̭̬̭ ̑w̢͖͌̾o̲̻r͚ļ͍d̦͎̂!̀̾͠

$ zalgo progressive "This is a very very very long string that gets progressively more corrupt."
T͖his̎͜ ̣̇i͓̳s̮̟̎ ̺̰́ȁ̺͆ ̩̖v̈́̓̈e͂̍r̠͓͜y͓̻̎ ̸̜̫͎͂v͍͓̓̆̏ě̬̀r͙͟ỳ̛̥̮̅͢ ̧̫͌̂̋̈v̭̻̻̓ę̗̟̬̯̀r̞͖̯̻̔͢͝y̥̭͋̆ ̇̀̇͢l̛̫͚̼͍̽̈́͠o̸͕̓̍̎͆͌̕n̸̮̋͡g͙̗̍̌̓̀ ̸̲̥͂s̯͙̬̽t̨̧̞̺̎͌̉͢r̡̮̱̼̐̑ḯ͓̬͔̏ň̶̛̞̜͡͡g̯͖̲̥̗̪̖̀̃̀ ̷̼̎͋̂̀̈́̌t̸̢̳̞̬͆h̖̱͜͟͝a̺̬̖͚͝t̙͎̤̱͔͌̃̒̓͞ ̛͕̻̟̇̃̀̎̂̈́g̹̠̙̖̝̺͎͚͋̏̉e̷̫̜̯̼̽̔͝ẗ̫͖͙̏͊s̜͋̄̽̕͟ ̖͖̗̎̋̊͜͞p̢̢̱̩̬̊̑r̨̟̮͔̬̐̓͊̆ǭ̢̥̬̦̭͊͊̏͆̃̋̐g̸̭̗̭̾͠͞r̛̩̘̭̱̅̓̑̿͆͆̚e̸͔̯̰̎̒́͡s̷̢̗̯̹̠̬̟̽͋̉͝s̳̭̭̄̍̍̆̆̅̅̚ī̛̮̻̳͋͌͢͠v̶̡̜̭̻̠̱̪̠̟͞ê̸̡̙̳͖̱̠̆̕͜l͕͔̤͙̭̫͕̺̀͆́̔ý̵̢̛̠̭̫̝̜̫͙̙̍̌͌̍ ̷̧̥̘̮͔̤͚͎̊̄͂̑̿͜͜͠m͎͍͕̪͙̓̏̐̅̀̕͞ò͔̦͔̙̗̀̀͜ṟ̱͚̐̑̊͌͜͡ę̷̥̜̗̱̜̈́̋̅͌́̕ ̧͕͚͓̹̼̳͓̯̀̔̎̉͡͝͠ć̼̬͔̳̄̾̎͟õ̲͎̦̱̭̩̔̉͡ŗ̰̣̹̐̋̍̍͆̚ṙ̢̺̦̳̑̒̋̋͢ṳ̬̭̙̥̻̠̃̓̓̿̑̚͢͟͟͝p̡̫̜̑̅̑̕͡͡͝t̢̛̹̤̼̟̺͖̣͙͕̊̓.̷̨̢̜̥̠̩͕͚̙̙͖̏̿̅̓̌͜͝͝

The severity of the corruption can be adjusted with the --min and --max options.

Installation #

From GitHub Releases #

Use the appropriate script, or just download it from the releases page and put it somewhere on PATH.

Unix #

You may need to call sudo sh instead.

curl -fsSL https://github.com/spenserblack/zal-go/raw/refs/heads/main/_scripts/install-gh.sh | sh

Windows #

Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "https://github.com/spenserblack/zal-go/raw/refs/heads/main/_scripts/install-gh.ps1" | Invoke-Expression

go install #

This installation method will install the executable as zal-go.

go install github.com/spenserblack/zal-go@latest