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Glyphloop

by ideoshiversion 0.1.0-beta.0i★ –iRuns on your computer
Registry nameio.github.ideoshi/glyphloop

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Create loop-perfect ASCII animations and website-ready embeds with an AI agent.

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What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

  • Connection: Runs on your computer
  • Transport: stdio
  • Category: Other

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

  • Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
  • Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
  • The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

  • npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "glyphloop": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "glyphloop",
        "mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add glyphloop -- npx -y glyphloop mcp

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "glyphloop": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "glyphloop",
        "mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "glyphloop": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "glyphloop",
        "mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

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These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 6, 2026

  • ✓ Pass

    Maker matches the repo

    The registry name was verified with the GitHub account ideoshi, which owns the repo

  • … Not checked yet

    Still maintained

    We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

  • … Not checked yet

    Has a licence

    We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

  • – Not applicable

    Endpoint responds

    This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint

  • – Not applicable

    Sign-in with OAuth

    Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead

  • … Not checked yet

    No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

    Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Otheri

  • More stars than 0% of the other 32435 servers in this category
  • Published to the registry more recently than 18% of the other 32435 servers in this category
  • Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 32435 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Glyphloop safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.1.0-beta.0) reached the registry 4 months ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js on your computer.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Spec Driven Development, Remote Desktop Commander, Apify MCP Server

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README from the maker

Open the README

Copied from the maker’s repo as written. PopNx MCP has not reviewed or endorsed it. HTML, images and scripts are removed. Links lead off this site.

Glyphloop

A browser studio and headless toolkit for creating loop-perfect generative ASCII animations: flow fields, wave interference, morphing noise blobs, matrix rain, rotating 3D shapes, custom math expressions, and parametric surfaces. Layer effects over images, video, or text, inherit their colors, and export to PNG, GIF, MP4, self-contained web embeds, or terminal players.

Also usable headless by AI agents through the package CLI or MCP server - agents can even define their own animations and 3D shapes as expression strings. See AGENTS.md.

Glyphloop = glyphs + seamless loops.

Try the hosted studio with no account, or see live examples.

Local Studio

npm ci

npm run dev # opens on http://localhost:5199

Node.js 20 or newer is required. Chrome is recommended because MP4 export uses WebCodecs; the other workflows work in modern browsers.

CLI and MCP

The package exposes one glyphloop executable with two commands:

npx glyphloop@beta render --preset flowfield-hero --out hero

npx glyphloop@beta mcp

From a source checkout, the equivalent development commands are:

npm run render -- --preset flowfield-hero --out hero

npm run mcp

render accepts a built-in preset name, a preset JSON file, or inline JSON. Run node bin/glyphloop.js --help for the complete command summary.

Use

  1. Pick an effect source and tweak its parameters live - or drag & drop any image/video onto the editor to ASCII-fy your own design with its colors intact.
  2. Style it: character ramp (or type your own), gamma, invert, mono or two-color gradient.
  3. Set grid columns, cell size, aspect ratio, duration, and FPS. Imported media starts at its native aspect ratio, and raster exports can match its exact pixel dimensions.
  4. Export:
  • PNG - current frame, at 1–3× scale.
  • GIF / MP4 - one animation pass, rendered deterministically frame-by-frame (never drops frames). Generated motion wraps seamlessly.
  • Web embed (zip) - frames.json (RLE-compressed character frames) + player.js (tiny dependency-free player, honors prefers-reduced-motion) + a demo index.html. Drop the two files into any site and add .
  • Terminal (zip) - frames.ans + play.sh; run bash play.sh to loop the animation in a terminal.

The editor includes six starter presets. Presets can also be saved to localStorage or downloaded/loaded as JSON via the header bar. A shared preset can be opened with /studio/?preset=flowfield-hero.

Imported media stays in the browser; Glyphloop does not upload it. For a stable beta experience, images are limited to 25 MiB and 40 decoded megapixels, videos to 100 MiB and the first 20 seconds, and preset files to 10 MiB. Very large render workloads are rejected with guidance to reduce scale, columns, FPS, or duration.

The hosted website and Studio send a small allowlisted set of anonymous product events to a first-party Cloudflare endpoint. Creative inputs and outputs are never included. Source checkouts, the CLI, and the MCP server send no analytics. See the hosted privacy notice.

Source color vs image palette

These are two different ways to color imported media:

  • Color mode: source samples the image or video at every grid cell, so each glyph keeps the local color beneath it. It preserves multicolor artwork and follows changing video colors frame by frame.
  • Set ink & paper from image extracts a small representative palette and fills the Ink, Ink 2, and Paper controls. Choose mono or gradient to render with those curated colors instead of retaining every source color.

In short: source mode preserves the image's color map; the palette action uses the image as inspiration for a controlled Glyphloop color scheme. The Studio's Undo image palette action restores the exact ink and paper colors that were set before palette extraction.

Why generated loops are seamless

Glyphloop's built-in sources and periodic expressions are pure functions of time with no per-frame state. All noise is sampled along a circle in two extra noise dimensions (src/core/noise.ts:loopCoords), and all sine phases advance by integer multiples of 2π per loop - so frame N wraps back to frame 0 exactly. Exports render round(fps × duration) frames starting at t=0 and never render t=duration (frame 0 *is* the wrap).

Imported video is not made loop-perfect automatically. Glyphloop samples one pass of the clip across the animation duration, then playback repeats from the start. The composite is seamless only when the source video was already designed to loop, as in the Claude jellyfish example, or when the imported base is a still image.

Development

npm test           # vitest unit tests (noise periodicity, mapper, RLE, ZIP, ANSI, sources)

npm run build # typecheck + production build npm run build:site # typecheck + production website and Studio build

Architecture: Source → FieldFrame (brightness grid) → AsciiMapper → CanvasRenderer → exporters.

Licence, outputs, and brand

Glyphloop's software, including the editor, renderer, CLI, MCP server, exporters, presets, and generated embed player, is available under the MIT licence.

Glyphloop claims no ownership in content you import or animations you export. You may use exported animations commercially without attribution, subject to any rights applicable to your source materials.

The Glyphloop name and visual identity are not licensed under MIT. Demo and marketing media are separately labelled. See TRADEMARKS.md and LICENSES/ASSETS.md.

Issues and focused feedback are welcome during the beta. See CONTRIBUTING.md and SECURITY.md.

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