Hextrix v1.1.2

Maintenance release — a flexible sweep command, a security fix, and the move to the OpenRootdev org.

What's new

• hextrix sweep reworked with flags (and positional shorthand). Duration and accent color are now configurable, with sensible defaults:

  hextrix sweep -s 1 -c 4      # 1s wipe, blue accent
  hextrix sweep -c cyan        # default length, cyan accent
  hextrix sweep 0.5 magenta    # positional form of -s 0.5 -c magenta
  hextrix sweep                # defaults: 1.0s, red

  • -s / --seconds sets the duration (0.1–60, default 1.0).
  • -c / --color picks the accent: 1–9 or a name (red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white, bright red, bright magenta); default red.
  • hextrix sweep --help prints its own usage.
  • The old hextrix sweep <seconds> form still works.

• Security fix (CodeQL). Promoted the token-rate multiply to double in the frame loop so the intermediate product can no longer overflow float before widening. The CodeQL alert auto-resolved after the scan.

Changed

• Installer, uninstaller, and README badge/clone URLs updated for the OpenRootdev org move.
• README polish: Ko-fi support badge and section, tidied layout.

Install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenRootdev/hextrix/main/install.sh | sh

Uninstall:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenRootdev/hextrix/main/uninstall.sh | sh

Prebuilt binary attached (hextrix-linux-x86_64), or build from source — needs git, make, a C11 compiler and ncursesw. MIT licensed — full docs in the README.

Hextrix v1.1.0

Second release — adds the one-shot sweep mode and control polish.

What's new

• hextrix sweep <duration> — one-shot intro effect: lights a random, incomplete subset of the grid instantly (lots of empty cells), then a wavy front rolls down from above and washes the grid — already moving on the first frame, accelerating as it falls — and exits cleanly when done. q / Esc / Ctrl+C aborts early. Works with -a for alphanumeric tokens.
• ← / → — fluid speed control (0.15×–4×), with on-screen flash.
• ? toggles help alongside h; Esc closes the overlay and no longer stalls the animation (escdelay fix).
• Switching hints now sit on a dim plate so they stay readable over the tokens.
• Test-harness parser fixed (CSI J / K parameters).

Install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenRootdev/hextrix/main/install.sh | sh

Uninstall:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenRootdev/hextrix/main/uninstall.sh | sh

Needs git, make, a C11 compiler and ncursesw. MIT licensed — full docs in the README.

Hextrix v1.0.0

First release of Hextrix — a fluid color toy for the terminal.

A dense grid of two-character hex tokens (a frozen memory dump) whose colors flow like liquid: curl-noise dye field, PipeWire audio reactivity (bass/mid/treble), three visualizer modes (liquid, wave, rain), nine accent colors, fluid-speed and token-rate ladders, help overlay, clean terminal restore on exit.

Install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenRootdev/hextrix/main/install.sh | sh

Uninstall:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenRootdev/hextrix/main/uninstall.sh | sh

Needs git, make, a C11 compiler and ncursesw (on Arch: sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel ncurses git). Installs into ~/.local/bin.

Keys

Key	Action
q / Ctrl+C	quit
space	pause/resume
r	reset fluid
m	audio on/off
+/-	intensity
↑/↓	token speed
←/→	fluid speed
v	visualizer: wave → rain → off
1–9	accent color
h/?	help overlay

MIT licensed. Full docs in the README.