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Life & fun · August 27, 2025

An ncurses CUDA-based fluid simulation

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An ncurses CUDA-based fluid simulation launched on August 27, 2025 with 97 votes, #384 of 8,530 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

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This project is an ncurses-based fluid simulation that leverages CUDA for computational performance. It displays fluid dynamics visualizations in the terminal using text-based graphics. The tool is designed for users interested in physics simulations and terminal applications who want to observe fluid behavior rendered in a command-line interface.

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Collection of high-performance, CUDA-accelerated fluid dynamics and physics simulators, including SPH, hypersonic flow, and reaction-diffusion systems. - seanwevans/fluid-sims

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