snakebar 0.1.1

A tqdm-like progress bar that snakes across your terminal via a random space-filling curve.

snakebar

A tqdm-like progress bar that fills your terminal with a one-character-thick snake along a random space-filling curve. Based on https://observablehq.com/@esperanc/random-space-filling-curves

Installation

pip install snakebar

Usage

Basic Python usage

Using snake_bar as a drop-in replacement for tqdm:

from snakebar import snake_bar
for i in snake_bar(range(100)):
    # your code here
    pass

Using SnakeBAR for manual progress bar updates:

from snakebar import SnakeBAR
with SnakeBAR(total=100) as pbar:
    for i in range(100):
        # your code here
        pbar.update(1)

CLI usage

You can also use the snakebar command line interface:

snakebar -n 5000 --desc "Processing" --sleep 0.05

Options:

• -n, --total: Total number of steps (default 100)
• --desc: Description text to show alongside the progress bar
• --sleep: Time in seconds to sleep between steps (simulates work)