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