https://github.com/y-hatano-github/candle
CLI command to display candle fire effect written in Golang
https://github.com/y-hatano-github/candle
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CLI command to display candle fire effect written in Golang
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/y-hatano-github/candle
- Owner: y-hatano-github
- License: mit
- Created: 2023-07-06T07:12:36.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-12-18T07:14:04.000Z (2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-12-21T15:28:27.938Z (2 months ago)
- Topics: animation, cli, cmd, command, command-line, cui, fire-effect, go-cli, golang, joke, joke-app, joke-application, joke-cli, joke-command, terminal
- Language: Go
- Homepage:
- Size: 61.5 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# 🕯️ Candle
This is a joke command that displays a candle-like fire effect in your terminal.
It renders a retro-style flame animation that serves absolutely no purpose—other than looking cool.
Requires a terminal with 256-color support.
# ⚙️ Features
- 🔥 Retro-style flame rendering.
- ⏳ Configurable display duration.
- 🎨 256-color terminal required.
- 🖥️ Cross-platform binaries (Windows, macOS, Linux)
# 💾 Download
👉 Get the latest release here:
https://github.com/y-hatano-github/candle/releases/latest
# Quick start
## 🐧 Linux
```bash
wget https://github.com/y-hatano-github/candle/releases/latest/download/candle_linux_amd64.tar.gz
tar -xzvf candle_linux_amd64.tar.gz
mv candle /usr/local/bin/
candle
```
## 🍎 macOS
```bash
curl -LO https://github.com/y-hatano-github/candle/releases/latest/download/candle_darwin_amd64.tar.gz
tar -xzvf candle_darwin_amd64.tar.gz
sudo mv candle /usr/local/bin/
candle
```
## 🪟 Windows
```powershell
Invoke-WebRequest -OutFile candle_windows_amd64.tar.gz https://github.com/y-hatano-github/candle/releases/latest/download/candle_windows_amd64.tar.gz
tar -xzvf candle_windows_amd64.tar.gz
.\candle.exe
```
## 📘 Usage
```
Usage: candle [DURATIONTIME]
Positional arguments:
DURATIONTIME [Optional]duration time
Options:
--help, -h display this help and exit
```
Example: display the candle flame for three seconds
```
candle 3
```
## ⌨️ Key bindings
[esc / CTRL+C] - exit