clainstone/cbirds

cbirds

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A flock of birds in your terminal: Craig Reynolds' boids, in braille in any terminal and as sprites in Kitty and Ghostty. One C99 program, no dependencies. Linux and macOS

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C · MIT · Last push 2026-10-17

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boidsbraillecc99flockingkitty-graphics-protocolscreensaverterminaltuighostty

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Get the project

git clone https://github.com/clainstone/cbirds.git

Cloning downloads the source. For dependencies and installation, follow the project README.

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