Fractouille

Fractouille is a simple fractal explorer running in your terminal.

Features

• Multiple fractal sets (Mandelbrot, Julia, Burning Ship)
• High-quality screenshot capture with smooth coloring
• Zoom videos recording
• Interactive navigation
• Command mode for advanced usage

Requirements

• Rust
• FFmpeg (for video recording)

Usage

# clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/pottierloic/fractouille
cd fractouille

# run directly
cargo run

# or install and run from anywhere
cargo install --path .
fractouille

Keybinds

• wasd: Move around
• r/f: adjust max iterations
• -/+: adjust zoom level
• space: cycle color palette
• enter: switch fractal set
• q: quit fractouille

Command mode

Just like in Vim, press : to enter command mode. A list of all available commands can be found by in the COMMANDS.md file.

Screenshots or records

Screenshots and records are automatically saved to your system's Pictures folder inside of fractouille. Recording need ffmpeg to be installed on your system, more information can be found in the RECORD.md file.

Roadmap

• [x] Basic fractal sets implementation
  • [x] Mandelbrot Set
  • [x] Julia Set
  • [x] Burning Ship
• [x] Screenshot functionality
  • [x] Smooth coloring
  • [x] Auto-save

• [x] Variable power parameter

• [ ] Border tracing method

• [ ] Arbitray precision

• [x] Customizable color palette

• [x] Phoenix Set implementation

• [ ] Newton fractals
• [ ] Lyapunov fractals

Museum

Some really cool pictures I took can be seen in the museum folder.