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CLI Of Life
Play Conway's Game of Life in your terminal!
Installation
Docker
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A Docker image is available at ghcr.io/gabe565/cli-of-life
sudo docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/gabe565/cli-of-life
Homebrew (macOS, Linux)
APT (Ubuntu, Debian)
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If you don't have it already, install the
ca-certificatespackagesudo apt install ca-certificates -
Add gabe565 apt repository
echo 'deb [trusted=yes] https://apt.gabe565.com /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gabe565.list -
Update apt repositories
sudo apt update -
Install cli-of-life
sudo apt install cli-of-life
RPM (CentOS, RHEL)
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If you don't have it already, install the
ca-certificatespackagesudo dnf install ca-certificates -
Add gabe565 rpm repository to
/etc/yum.repos.d/gabe565.repo[gabe565] name=gabe565 baseurl=https://rpm.gabe565.com enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 -
Install cli-of-life
sudo dnf install cli-of-life
AUR (Arch Linux)
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Install cli-of-life-bin with your AUR helper of choice.
Manual Installation
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Download and run the latest release binary for your system and architecture.
Usage
Run cli-of-life in a terminal to play.
By default, the grid will be empty, but rle/plaintext files can be loaded with cli-of-life FILE.rle or cli-of-life https://...
For full command-line reference, see docs.
Examples
$ cli-of-life https://conwaylife.com/wiki/Gosper_glider_gun
$ cli-of-life https://conwaylife.com/wiki/Twin_bees_shuttle
$ cli-of-life https://conwaylife.com/wiki/Breeder_1
$ cli-of-life https://conwaylife.com/wiki/Replicator
See the LifeWiki for pattern files.
Keybinds
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| mouse | Place cells |
space | Play/pause |
m | Toggle between modes: smart, place, erase |
wasd | Move the game board |
-/+ | Zoom |
</> | Change playback speed |
esc | Toggle menu |
t | Tick |
ctrl+c | Quit |
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README
CLI Of Life
Play Conway's Game of Life in your terminal!
Installation
Docker
Click to expand
A Docker image is available at ghcr.io/gabe565/cli-of-life
sudo docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/gabe565/cli-of-life
Homebrew (macOS, Linux)
APT (Ubuntu, Debian)
Click to expand
-
If you don't have it already, install the
ca-certificatespackagesudo apt install ca-certificates -
Add gabe565 apt repository
echo 'deb [trusted=yes] https://apt.gabe565.com /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gabe565.list -
Update apt repositories
sudo apt update -
Install cli-of-life
sudo apt install cli-of-life
RPM (CentOS, RHEL)
Click to expand
-
If you don't have it already, install the
ca-certificatespackagesudo dnf install ca-certificates -
Add gabe565 rpm repository to
/etc/yum.repos.d/gabe565.repo[gabe565] name=gabe565 baseurl=https://rpm.gabe565.com enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 -
Install cli-of-life
sudo dnf install cli-of-life
AUR (Arch Linux)
Click to expand
Install cli-of-life-bin with your AUR helper of choice.
Manual Installation
Click to expand
Download and run the latest release binary for your system and architecture.
Usage
Run cli-of-life in a terminal to play.
By default, the grid will be empty, but rle/plaintext files can be loaded with cli-of-life FILE.rle or cli-of-life https://...
For full command-line reference, see docs.
Examples
$ cli-of-life https://conwaylife.com/wiki/Gosper_glider_gun
$ cli-of-life https://conwaylife.com/wiki/Twin_bees_shuttle
$ cli-of-life https://conwaylife.com/wiki/Breeder_1
$ cli-of-life https://conwaylife.com/wiki/Replicator
See the LifeWiki for pattern files.
Keybinds
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| mouse | Place cells |
space | Play/pause |
m | Toggle between modes: smart, place, erase |
wasd | Move the game board |
-/+ | Zoom |
</> | Change playback speed |
esc | Toggle menu |
t | Tick |
ctrl+c | Quit |
References
Similar repos
Contributors
Languages
Go
99.3%