{"repo":"nkleemann/ascii-rain","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/nkleemann/ascii-rain","clone":"git clone https://github.com/nkleemann/ascii-rain.git","description":"ncurses rain effect","language":"C","stars":151,"topics":["ascii-art","terminal","ncurses","rain","ascii"],"license":"MIT","category":"cli-tools","readme_excerpt":"ascii-rain Comfy rain for your console written in C with Ncurses. Dependencies You'll need a ncurses library. For Ubuntu packages are: 'ncurses-dev' or 'libncurses-dev'. For OSX try $ brew install ncurses . Installation Manual First, download this repo: - $ git clone https://github.com/nkleemann/ascii-rain.git - $ cd ascii-rain To compile and link 'rain': - $ gcc rain.c -o rain -lncurses Now you can run 'rain' in your current working directory by just executing: ./rain . I you want to be able to run this program from every directory you have to copy the executable to /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin : - $ cp rain /usr/local/bin/rain AUR You can get it from the AUR right here. Notes & Troubleshooting You'll (Or better, ncurses) need/s a somewhat modern terminal emulator with color support and the ability to hide the cursor. Working examples are: - iTerm 2 (OSX) - OSX Terminal - xfce4-terminal - terminator - kitty - ghostty","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/nkleemann","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/nkleemann/ascii-rain/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}