Rmatrix - Personal Digital Rain Animation
Rmatrix is a high-fidelity digital rain animation for your terminal, inspired by the iconic visuals of The Matrix. Featuring 3D parallax depth, hand-calibrated 256-color palettes, and zero dependencies.
🎬 Live Demo
Experience the high-fidelity web version at rmatrix.netlify.app.
🚀 Installation
For global use (recommended):
pipx install rmatrix # run from anywhere without a virtual env
For local or virtual environments:
pip install rmatrix
🎮 Usage
Simply run:
rmatrix
Or use the shorter alias:
rmx
Command Line Flags
| Short | Long | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
-c |
--color |
Rain color palette (see table below) | green |
-s |
--speed |
Animation speed multiplier (0.1 - 5.0) | 1.0 |
-d |
--density |
Stream density (light, medium, heavy) |
medium |
-ch |
--chars |
Character set (matrix, katakana, ascii, digits, symbols, binary) |
matrix |
-l |
--length |
Trail length (short, medium, long) |
medium |
-f |
--fps |
Target frames per second (5 - 60) | 30 |
-b |
--bookmark |
Central glowing text overlay | "" |
-mr |
--mutation-rate |
Frequency of glyph scrambling (0.0 - 1.0) | 0.05 |
-df |
--default |
Save current flags as factory defaults | false |
--reset |
Reset all settings to factory defaults | false |
|
--no-256 |
Force 8-color mode (legacy terminals) | false |
|
--no-bold |
Disable bold text intensity | false |
|
-v |
--version |
Show program version and exit |
Color Palettes
Rmatrix features 17 hand-crafted color palettes optimized for 256-color terminals:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
green |
Classic Matrix (Pure Green) |
gold |
High-glow Saffron (Brilliant) |
silver |
Metallic Grey (Reflective) |
red |
Crimson Stream |
blue |
Cyber Blue |
cyan |
Electric Aqua |
yellow |
Bright Amber |
magenta |
Deep Purple |
orange |
Sunset Saffron |
violet |
Neon Lavender |
pink |
Hot Pink |
lavender |
Soft Purple |
midnight |
Deep Navy |
sunset |
Red-to-Orange Gradient |
forest |
Deep Wood Greens |
blood |
Dark Crimson Pulse |
ocean |
Deep Sea Aqua |
🛠 Requirements
- Python 3.6+
- Terminal with
cursessupport (Linux/macOS) - Windows: Windows Terminal or PowerShell recommended.
📄 License
MIT License - see LICENSE for details.
1 maintainer
Metadata
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