## about
artloop is a command-line interface that cycles through all generative art applications within a folder on a timed interval.
artloop currently only works on macOS due to how the script looks for executables inside of `*.app/Contents/MacOS/*`.
## installation
with `cargo`:
```shell
cargo install artloop
```
with `npm`:
```shell
npm install artloop
```
to confirm artloop is installed, you can run `which artloop` in your terminal.
## usage
to start artloop, provide a relative folder location and a number of minutes each artwork should run.
```shell
artloop --time
# example: artloop ./content --time 10
```
artloop will run until the script is canceled with `CTRL + C` (^C)
## running automatically at startup
to have artloop run at startup, add a line to `$HOME/.bash_profile` which calls the artloop script and supplies a relative folder path containing applications.
## participate
### creating compatible artwork
For now, any creative coding project (e.g. openFrameworks, Processing, Unity) that is bundled as a macOS application package (i.e. a file that ends in `.app`) will work with artloop.
Next versions will enable web based project folders that will launch in a web view.
## license
Copyright © 2019 [Zach Krall](https://zachkrall.com)
This project is [MIT](https://github.com/zachkrall/artloop/blob/master/LICENSE) licensed.
