lavat

lavat Plugin

lavat draws an animated lava lamp in the terminal — metaball simulation with tunable color, shape, radius and speed. Eye-candy, not a utility.

Commands

Eye candy

• lavat lamp run — Run the lava lamp (q to quit)
• lavat lamp color <color> — Choose lava color
• lavat self version — Show version
• lavat _ _ — Passthrough (-r radius, -s speed, -S shape)

Usage Examples

• "Put something pretty in this spare tmux pane"
• "Show a lava lamp animation"
• "Terminal eye-candy for a demo"

Installation

cargo install lavat
# or: cargo binstall lavat
# or: brew install lavat

Examples

lavat                       # default red lava lamp
lavat -c blue               # blue lava
lavat -c magenta -r 8 -s 5  # bigger, faster blobs
lavat -S square             # square blobs

Key Features

• Metaball/blob physics rendered to the terminal framebuffer
• Colors: red, blue, green, yellow, cyan, magenta, white, black, random
• Tunable blob radius, speed, shape; minimal dependencies