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Xylo is a domain specific language of the functional paradigm that is designed for use in creative coding and procedural art.

Documentation: https://xylo-1.gitbook.io/docs

example

Example

root =
    l 0 FILL : ss 400 bouquet
quality = 750
bouquet =     r 36 (ss 1.3 flower5)     : r 15 flower6
flower6 =     demiflower6     : flip 90 demiflower6
flower5 =     demiflower5     : flip 90 demiflower5
demiflower6 =     collect (         for i in 0..12             r (i * 30) (petal6 quality))
demiflower5 =     collect (         for i in 0..5             r (i * 72) (petal5 quality))
petal5 i =     if i == 0         EMPTY     else         s 1 0.0001 SQUARE         : ss 0.005 (tx -0.5 (l 0 CIRCLE))         : tx 0.5 (r 144.04 (ss 0.998 (tx 0.5 (lshift (1 / quality * 0.6) (petal5 (i - 1))))))
petal6 i =     if i == 0         EMPTY     else         s 1 0.0001 SQUARE         : tx -0.5 (ss 0.01 (l 0 CIRCLE))         : tx 0.5 (r 120.21 (ss 0.996 (tx 0.5 (lshift (1 / quality) (petal6 (i - 1))))))

Installation

Released Builds

You can find the latest release of the Xylo binaries here.

Cargo Install

You can install Xylo using Cargo:

cargo install xylo-lang

Manual Build (Linux)

Clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/giraffekey/xylo

Build the repo:

cargo build --release

Copy the CLI:

sudo cp target/release/xylo-lang /usr/bin/xylo

Usage

Write some Xylo code in a .xylo file e.g. art.xylo.

Then, generate an image from that code:

xylo generate art.xylo --width 800 --height 800

If your code is valid, you should see an image output to art.png.

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