🐍 Snither

_{/ˈsnaɪ-ðər/}

Slither.io-style battle royale with AI, classic snake, and everything in between - right in your terminal.

A random project from years ago, remastered.

⚡ Instant Play

No install. No dependencies. Just paste and play:

zsh <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JadXV/snither/main/snither.sh)

Controls

     W
   A ● D    Q = Quit
     S

Game Modes

Mode	Description
1. Versus	Slither.io-style battle royale vs 2 AIs
2. Solo	Classic snake, just you
3. AI Watch	Watch the AI play itself

Snither is written 100% in pure ZSH - no Python, no Node, no compiled binaries. Just shell.

• Zero dependencies - runs on any machine with ZSH out of the box
• Instant startup - no interpreter overhead, just raw shell speed
• Truly portable - one script, one command, works everywhere ZSH does
• Lightweight - no bloated runtimes eating your RAM
• Something different - wanted to try building a game with something different then the usual

Requirements

• ZSH shell (macOS default, or install on Linux)
• Unicode-capable terminal

📦 Manual Install

Want to keep it locally? Download, make it executable, and run:

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JadXV/snither/main/snither.sh
chmod +x snither.sh
./snither.sh

Windows or No ZSH? No Problem

On Windows or a system without ZSH, use the Python version:

python nonZsh/pythonVersion.py

License

MIT