ponysay

Cowsay but with ponies

Runs as ponysay, ponythink|macOS, Linux, Windows|github.com

Open form in Otty otty.toml

Command form

ai-draft · 2 tasks · 4 fields

Print a pony saying a message. Pony and quote selection only; list modes and rendering tweaks are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui ponysay

Say somethingExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Message*

string

Pony

string

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Say a message

messagepony

Random quote

quotepony

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Message

Leave empty with Quote, or pipe text in.
string · positional 0

Pony

Pony name, e.g. pinkie.
string

-f

Random quote

Print a pony saying one of its quotes.
boolean

-q

List ponies

boolean

-l

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

readme

ponysay "I am just the cutest pony!" ponysay -f pinkie "Partay!~" Running `ponysay -q` will print a random pony saying one of its quotes from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. The pony can be specified: `ponysay -q pinkie`. When running `ponysay -l` or `ponysay -L` the ponies with quotes will be printed in bold or bright

manual2026-10-27

github.com

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed ponysay against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.