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brew install hellwal v1.0.7 MIT

Fast, extensible color palette generator

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c color-palette colors colorschemes generator hell hellwal idkk rice templates themes wal wallpaper

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# Hellwal - Fast, Extensible Color Palette Generator\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n    \u003cimg\n      src=\"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/danihek/trashcan/refs/heads/main/output.gif\"\n      alt=\"Preview of color palettes generated by hellwal\"\n      width=\"500\"\n    \u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n### Star History\n\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n  \u003csummary\u003eClick to expand star history\u003c/summary\u003e\n    \u003cp align=\"right\"\u003e\n      \u003cimg\n        alt=\"Star History Chart\"\n        src=\"https://api.star-history.com/svg?repos=danihek/hellwal\u0026type=Date\u0026theme=dark\"\n      \u003e\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\n## Installation\n\n1. **Archlinux**:\n\n```sh\nyay -S hellwal\n```\n\n2. **Mac/Linux via Homebrew**:\n\n```sh\nbrew install hellwal\n```\n\n3. **NixOS**, nixpkgs **unstable**:\n\n```nix\nenvironment.systemPackages = [\n  pkgs.hellwal\n];\n```\n\n## Building\n\nClone git repo, run make command and you are ready to go! - you just need a C compiler and gnumake!\n\n```sh\ngit clone https://github.com/danihek/hellwal \u0026\u0026 cd hellwal \u0026\u0026 make\n```\n\n## How to use?\n\nRun this with your wallpaper image:\n\n```sh\nhellwal -i [image]\n```\n\nYou can also randomly pick an image from a given directory like this:\n\n```sh\nhellwal -i \u003cfolder\u003e --random\n```\n\nGenerated templates are saved in `~/.cache/hellwal/`.\n\n## Templates\n\n**[INFO]** - if you got hellwal from the **AUR**, examples of default templates can be\nfound in `/usr/share/docs/`.\n\nThere are also examples in the [templates folder](./templates). They look more-less like this:\n\n```sh\n# Main\nbackground=\u0027%%background%%\u0027\nforeground=\u0027%%foreground%%\u0027\n\n# Path\nwallpaper_path=\u0027%%wallpaper%%\u0027\n\n# Colors\ncolor0=\u0027%%color0.hex%%\u0027\ncolor1=\u0027%%color1.hex%%\u0027\n\n# ... and so on and so forth.\n\ncolor15=\u0027%%color15.hex%%\u0027\n\n\n# RGB\nbackgroundRGB=\u0027%%background.rgb%%\u0027\nforegroundRGB=\u0027%%foreground.rgb%%\u0027\n\ncolor15butRGB=\u0027%%color15.rgb%%\u0027\n\n```\n\nYou can get any generated color for values 0 to 15.\n\nAfter the color keyword, you can specify the format: hex, rgb, or a single rgb channel.\nBy default, the template output is in hex.\n\n### Available color template formats:\n\n| Type | Input     ",
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