07 · Cookie CLI

Cookies, but make it terminal.

An open-source-native cookie banner for an open-source-native company. Old-school CLI feel, ASCII Conduction logo, keyboard-first. Looks like the rest of the brand wishes it could.

In context · sitting over the page

The open-source
workspace stack.

Conduction's apps run on your Nextcloud — the same one you already host. No vendor lock-in, no migration, no "cloud-native rewrite" project plan.

Sits centred over a softly-blurred page. CRT scanlines + radial vignette + cobalt-flavoured glow. ASCII logo uses cobalt for letterforms with a single KNVB-orange "V" accent — the brand colour rules survive even at 8-bit.

States · saved · rejected
conduction.nl · saved —
ok
__ Conduction / \ cookie-consent · v2.4.0 / \ / \ | ___ | | / __\ | | | / | | | \__ | | \___/ | \ / \ / \ / \/
you@conduction.nl:~$ save --consent essential,analytics

Wrote .cookies/consent.json · 2 cookies enabled · 2 disabled

# Change anytime via the footer link. Stored locally for 12 months.

you@conduction.nl:~$ _
conduction.nl · rejected —
essential only
__ Conduction / \ cookie-consent · v2.4.0 / \ / \ | ___ | | / __\ | | | / | | | \__ | | \___/ | \ / \ / \ / \/
you@conduction.nl:~$ save --reject-non-essential

! Only essential cookies set · respect.

# The site works fine. Some niceties (saved language, dashboards) won't persist.

you@conduction.nl:~$ _
Footer link · reopens the prompt
conduction.nl · footer: $ cookies --reconfigure no graphic icons. no "manage preferences" euphemism. one command.
Why this works for Conduction

It signals what we are.

Open-source, technical-first, transparent. A team that ships software writes files, not "experiences". A cookie banner that looks like the terminal you'd actually configure it from says: this is by people who run their own servers. Auf-deutsch self-hosted, no Cookiebot SaaS, no opaque consent string.

It respects the reader.

Three options on the action row, equal weight. Reject-non-essential is not hidden behind two clicks. No dark patterns, no "Confirm my choices" euphemism, no pre-ticked marketing checkbox. AVG/GDPR-compliant by design, not by lawyer-bolted-on banner.

The ASCII Conduction logo · standalone
— ascii.txt —
utf-8
__ Conduction / \ cookie-consent · v2.4.0 / \ / \ | ___ | | / __\ | | | / | | | \__ | | \___/ | \ / \ / \ / \/

# Use this on /robots.txt comments, server MOTD, CLI tool banners, README art.