Play Conway's Game of Life in your terminal!
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A Docker image is available at ghcr.io/gabe565/cli-of-life
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If you don't have it already, install the
ca-certificatespackagesudo apt install ca-certificates
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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
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Install cli-of-life
sudo apt install cli-of-life
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If you don't have it already, install the
ca-certificatespackagesudo dnf install ca-certificates
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Add gabe565 rpm repository to
/etc/yum.repos.d/gabe565.repo[gabe565] name=gabe565 baseurl=https://rpm.gabe565.com enabled=1 gpgcheck=0
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Install cli-of-life
sudo dnf install cli-of-life
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Install cli-of-life-bin with your AUR helper of choice.
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Download and run the latest release binary for your system and architecture.
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.
$ cli-of-life https://conwaylife.com/patterns/gosperglidergun.rle
$ cli-of-life https://conwaylife.com/patterns/3blocktwinbeesshuttle.rle
$ cli-of-life https://conwaylife.com/patterns/breeder1.rle
$ cli-of-life https://conwaylife.com/patterns/replicator.rleSee the LifeWiki for pattern files.
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| mouse | Place cells |
space |
Play/pause |
m |
Toggle between modes: smart, place, erase |
wasd |
Move the game board |
-/+ |
Zoom |
</> |
Change playback speed |
t |
Tick |
r |
Reset |
q |
Quit |