#ascii #collection #screen-savers

app asciisavers

A small collection of ascii screensavers

23 releases

0.3.8 Dec 6, 2024
0.3.7 Dec 5, 2024
0.2.5 Dec 3, 2024
0.2.3 Nov 29, 2024
0.1.7 Nov 29, 2024

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GPL-3.0 license

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A collection of ascii screensavers

🚀 Installation

Dependencies

Linux/Macos specific

wget -O - "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coderspark/asciisavers/refs/heads/master/install.sh" | sh

Universal download

cargo install asciisavers

🧠 Features

DVD

Run it with the following command:

asciisavers dvd

Options

  • -C --disablecount - Disable the corner counter
  • -d --delay <DELAY> - Set the delay in milliseconds
  • -h --help - Print the help menu
Flying Toasters

Run it with the following command:

asciisavers toasters
Bouncing Ball

Run it with the following command:

asciisavers ball

Options

  • -d --delay <DELAY> - Set the delay between frames in milliseconds
  • -f --fancy - Enable fancy mode on the balls requires a Nerd Font
  • -r --reset <CHARS> - Reset after n amount of characters [Default: 1000]
  • -h --help - Print the help menu
Pipes.rs

Run it with the following command:

asciisavers pipes

Options

  • -d --delay <DELAY> - Set the delay between frames in milliseconds
  • -t --type <TYPE> - Set the type of the pipes 0-9 (can be used multiple times) [Default: [0]]
  • -c --colour <COLOUR> - Set the colours of the pipes 0-7 (can be used multiple times) [Default: [0, 1, 2, 3 ,4 ,5 ,6 ,7]]
  • -R --randomize - Randomize the starting position of the pipes
  • -s --stats - Disable the stats of the pipes in the corner
  • -h --help - Print the help menu

💭 Inspired By

🤝 Contributing

We are okay with contributors of any skill level! If you have an idea for a screensaver or want to make a documention, go ahead!

Dependencies

~4–13MB
~168K SLoC