A pipes.sh clone written in Golang. While the original cannot be beaten in terms of compatibility and file size, it has a bit of a performance issue. pipes.go tries to fix this problem with high concurrency. This results in lower CPU usage and smoother animation.
- -C disables color
- -B disables bold output
- -D additionally uses dimmed colors
- -N lets the pipes change color when exiting the screen (just like in pipes.sh)
- -R lets the pipes start from random coordinates
- -p specifies the amount of pipes
- -c sets a predefined colorscheme
- -t sets the character set
- -r specifies after how many updates to clear the screen
- -f sets the targeted frames per second
- -s sets the probability of not changing the direction for a pipe
You will need to have developer's libraries for ncurses, git and Golang installed. On Debian or Ubuntu you can use this:
apt install libncurses-dev git golang
You can build and install the executable using go:
go build
go install
You can use go list to find the executable's install path:
go list -f '{{.Target}}'