Eandrju/cellular-automaton.nvim
A useless plugin that might help you cope with stubbornly broken tests or overall lack of sense in life. It lets you execute aesthetically pleasing, cellular automaton animations based on the content of neovim buffer. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
34/100
- Activity 4
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 99
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 1389
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 579
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2098 stars · 47 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A Neovim plugin that renders cellular automaton animations (like 'make it rain' and Conway's Game of Life) based on the contents of the current buffer. It is explicitly a novelty/entertainment plugin with no pragmatic purpose, meant for fun and stress relief.
Use cases
- animate my code with a make it rain effect in neovim
- run game of life animation over my buffer
- procrastinate with a fun neovim plugin
- obfuscate my editor screen when someone looks over my shoulder
- add a fun fml keybinding animation to neovim
- write a custom cellular automaton animation for neovim
When to choose
- you use Neovim (>= 0.9) with treesitter and want a fun visual novelty
- you want to implement and register your own cellular automaton animations in your editor
When to avoid
- you need any practical or productivity-enhancing functionality
- you rely on folding or wrapping in the animated buffer, which is unsupported
- you don't use Neovim
Facets
plugin · maturity stable
animation plugin-system developer-tools text-editors entertainment lua cross-platform neovim-plugin cellular-automaton fun eye-candy editor-plugin neovim
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/Eandrju/cellular-automaton.nvim · fetched 2026-08-28 · 359c3698d191
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Eandrju/cellular-automaton.nvim | main | 34 |
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