termatrix

Cli application to simulate the falling glyphs from "The Matrix" in your terminal (forked from rustmatrix).

Installation

Cargo

cargo install termatrix

NetBSD

pkgin install termatrix

Usage

$ termatrix --help
termatrix

USAGE:
    termatrix [OPTIONS]

OPTIONS:
    -c, --colors <COLORS>
            Weighted sequence of colors (repeat color character for greater weight). Valid chars
            are: b, c, g, k, m, r, w, y [env: TERMATRIX_COLORS=] [default: g]

    -d, --min-step-delay <MIN_STEP_DELAY>
            Minimum value of trace (column) scroll delay in milliseconds. [env:
            TERMATRIX_MIN_STEP_DELAY=] [default: 40]

    -D, --max-step-delay <MAX_STEP_DELAY>
            Maximum value of trace (column) scroll delay in milliseconds. [env:
            TERMATRIX_MAX_STEP_DELAY=] [default: 120]

    -f, --update-frequency <UPDATE_FREQUENCY>
            Refresh rate (in Hz) for terminal updates. [env: TERMATRIX_UPDATE_FREQUENCY=] [default:
            60]

    -g, --glyph-set <GLYPH_SET>
            The set of glyphs which should be displayed. [env: TERMATRIX_GLYPH_SET=] [default: all]
            [possible values: all, alpha, alpha_lower, alpha_upper, alphanum, binary, decimal, hex,
            hex_lower, hex_upper, special]

    -h, --help
            Print help information

Customization

Default

Defaults to green glyphs:

termatrix

Colors

You can select a combination of colors via the --colors/-c option:

termatrix -c rgbcmy

Or via the TERMATRIX_COLORS environment variable:

TERMATRIX_COLORS=rgbcmy termtarix

Glyph Sets

You can select the subset of glyphs to display via the --glyph-set/-g option:

termatrix -g binary

Or via the TERMATRIX_GLYPH_SET environment variable:

TERMATRIX_GLYPH_SET=special termtarix

This adjusts which characters compose the alphabet from which each trace can select.

For example, the binary glyph set only includes the characters 0 and 1.

Step Delays

Step delay is a minimum duration between updates to a trace (vertial cluster of glyphs). The step delay for each trace is a randomly selected duration between the -min-step-delay and the --max-step-delay.

The variation in step delays results in faster traces passing slower traces. If --min-step-delay and --max-step-delay are the same, all traces will move at the same rate.