| ASCII/ANSI function visualizer for your terminal |
Tip
Clone
git clone https://github.com/Szmelc-INC/asciiviz && cd asciivizBuild, install and clean
make && sudo make install && make cleanNote
- Expression based renderer (
exprmode) - Mandelbrot and Julia fractals
- UTF‑8 character and 256‑color palette system
- Baked presets, external
.cfgfiles and hot reload (rkey) - Background fill characters and whitespace transparency
- Interactive control: pan, zoom, change palettes and more
Tip
asciiviz [--config file] [--preset NAME] [--char NAME] [--color NAME] [--background UTF8] [--color-func]| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
--config <file> |
Load external configuration (functions/*.cfg) |
--preset <name> |
Use baked function preset |
--char <name> |
Select character palette |
--color <name> |
Select color palette |
--background <utf8> |
Override background fill glyph |
--color-func |
Derive color index from function value |
| Action | Key(s) |
|---|---|
| Quit | q |
| Pause | p |
| Toggle info HUD | i |
| Toggle whitespace transparency | W |
| Cycle background | w |
| FPS ± | + / - |
| Toggle color | C |
| Next color palette | c |
| Toggle color‑math | f |
| Next char palette | n |
| Next function preset | m |
| Reload config | r |
| Pan | arrow keys |
| Zoom | [ / ] |
Important
# make # build with baked presets & palettes
# make run # run with defaults
# sudo make install # install to /usr/local/bin (override PREFIX/BINDIR)
# sudo make uninstall # remove installed binary
# make clean # clean artifactsNote
asciiviz/
├── functions/ # function presets (*.cfg)
├── palettes/ # character and color palettes
├── main.c # application entry
├── terminal.c/.h # terminal helpers
├── util.c/.h # utility functions
└── Makefile # build script
[render] fps=30 duration=-1 ; -1 = infinite use_color=1 ; 1=256-color, 0=mono width=0 ; 0 = use terminal width height=0 ; 0 = use terminal height charset=" .:-=+*#%@" ; ramp for mono [mode] type=expr ; expr | mandelbrot | julia [expr] value="sin(6.0*(x+0.2*sin(t*0.7))+t)*cos(6.0*(y+0.2*cos(t*0.5))-t)" color="128+127*sin(t+3.0*r)" ; 0..255 (only used if use_color=1) [fractal] max_iter=200 center_x=-0.5 center_y=0.0 scale=2.8 c_re=-0.8 ; julia only c_im=0.156 ; julia only
Character palette template:
[char] name="thin" charset=" .:-=+*#%@"
Color palette template:
[color] name="rainbow_bands" codes="21,27,33,39,45,51,50,49,48,47" [effect] # diagonal bands; wrap by palette length (n) index="floor(i*0.07 + j*0.07 + t*3.0) mod n"