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34 points • by lardissone • today at 2:34 PM • 6 comments • view on HN

Hi, I've been working on something I've been thinking for long time but since I had no experience with macOS screen savers I always posponed. Now thanks to Claude I was able to create a screensaver that scroll ANSI files while your computer is idle.

It allow to use local ANS files or packs directly from 16colo.rs.

Repo: https://github.com/lardissone/ansi-saver

Comments

retlehs • today at 4:30 PM

This is really great work, I’m installing this immediately once I’m back on my machine

My terminal loads ANSI each time it opens, but requires downloading artpacks first: https://github.com/retlehs/ansimotd

I also like how your README suggests specific packs to grab

binaryturtle • today at 3:32 PM

Those are some intense system requirements.

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user3939382 • today at 3:44 PM

As someone with a flying toasters tie, I can’t wait to try this.

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