chellmann/sad-server

A Laravel package that replaces the default 404 page with a terminal animation featuring a depressed web server.

v1.0.0 2026-04-12 09:49 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.2
• illuminate/support: ^11.0|^12.0|^13.0

MIT

• Conrad Hellmann

• terminal
• laravel
• 404
• error-page

README

A Laravel package that replaces the default 404 error page with a terminal animation featuring a depressed web server.

Inspired by wachwerk.de/404. Original text by Sebastian Lübcke, circa 2000.

Installation

composer require chellmann/sad-server

That's it. The package auto-discovers and immediately replaces your 404 page.

Configuration

Publish the config to customize the terminal title, typing speed, or messages:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=sad-server-config

This creates config/sad-server.php where you can change:

• title — The terminal window title bar text
• type_speed — Typing speed in milliseconds per character
• strings — Array of messages the server types out

Customizing the View

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=sad-server-views

This publishes the Blade template to resources/views/vendor/sad-server/errors/404.blade.php.

How It Works

The package registers a renderable callback for NotFoundHttpException. HTML requests get the terminal 404 page, JSON/API requests are unaffected.

License

MIT