Terminal Rain Alternatives

Terminal Rain is described as 'A Python script that creates a mesmerizing rain and lightning animation directly in your terminal using the curses library' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are five alternatives to Terminal Rain for Linux, Mac, BSD, Windows and Web-based. The best Terminal Rain alternative is MLMatrix, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Terminal Rain are CMatrix, PipesX.sh, pipes.sh and UniMatrix.

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  1. MLMatrix icon

    MLMatrix

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    Fast and efficient Matrix raining code effect for the terminal. Made with Nim so compilation is super fast (under 2 seconds on average) and it's cross-platform. A JavaScript version lets users try it out on the web and easily configure command-line arguments in real time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    • MLMatrix is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Terminal Rain.

    • MLMatrix is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Terminal Rain.

    • MLMatrix is Free and Open SourceTerminal Rain is also Free and Open Source
  4. PipesX.sh icon

    PipesX.sh

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    Animated pipes terminal screensaver at an angle.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  5. pipes.sh icon

    pipes.sh

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    Animated pipes terminal screensaver. Contribute to pipeseroni/pipes.sh development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  6. UniMatrix

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    Python script to simulate the display from "The Matrix" in terminal. Uses half-width katakana unicode characters by default, but can use custom character sets. Accepts keyboard controls while running. Based on CMatrix.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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