🦀 TARTS: Terminal Arts 🎨

BLAZINGLY FAST terminal screensavers written in Rust!

tarts (shortcut from Terminal Arts) is a collection of MEMORY SAFE terminal-based screen savers that bring visual delight to your command line. Built with ZERO-COST ABSTRACTIONS, these screen savers run efficiently while providing stunning visual effects.

✨ Features

• 🌧️ Matrix Rain: Experience the famous "Matrix" digital rain effect right in your terminal
• 🧫 Conway's Game of Life: Watch the classic cellular automaton evolve before your eyes
• 🧩 Maze Generation: Get lost in procedurally generated mazes
• 🐦 Boids: Witness the emergent flocking behavior of these simulated birds
• 🧊 3D Cube: Renders a rotating 3D cube using terminal graphics with braille patterns for higher resolution
• 🦀 Crab: Animated crabs walking across your screen, interacting with each other and the environment
• 🍩 Rotating Donut: A mesmerizing rotating donut rendered in the terminal
• 🚰 Pipes: Watch pipes flow with a smooth animation
• 🔥 Fire: A cozy fireplace effect to warm up your terminal
• ⚡ Plasma: Electric plasma effect with vibrant colors and smooth animations
• ✨ Constellation: Drifting stars that connect with dotted lines and twinkle
• 🎯 Blank: Simple blank screen with minimal resource usage

🚀 Installation

Homebrew (macOS & Linux)

brew tap oiwn/tap && brew install tarts

Cargo (Cross-platform)

cargo install tarts

Nix

Direct from GitHub (always latest version):

nix run github:oiwn/tarts -- matrix

Or from the nixpkgs (may be older version):

nix-shell -p tarts --run "tarts matrix"

Manual Download

Download the latest binary from GitHub Releases

🛠️ Usage

Run any effect by name:

tarts matrix   # The classic digital rain effect
tarts life     # Conway's Game of Life
tarts maze     # Watch a maze generate itself
tarts boids    # Bird-like flocking simulation
tarts cube     # 3D rotating cube using braille patterns
tarts crab     # Animated crabs with collisions
tarts donut    # Rotating donut
tarts pipes    # Pipes effect
tarts fire     # Fire effect
tarts plasma   # Electric plasma effect
tarts constellation  # Drifting stars and dotted constellations
tarts blank    # Simple blank screen

Controls: Press q, Esc, or Ctrl+C to exit

Quick Test: Try the most popular effect first!

tarts matrix

🧪 Development

This project uses standard Rust tooling:

# Build the project
cargo build --release

# Run tests
cargo test

# Benchmark performance
cargo bench

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit pull requests, report bugs, and suggest features.

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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