Why en dash or em dash when you can pulse dash?

A collection of animations and loading indicators in various programming languages. Each implementation provides customizable, smooth animations that can be used for loading screens, progress indicators, or just for fun.

Current Implementations

Bash Pulse Dash (bash/pulse_dash.sh)

Documentation: bash/pulse_dash.md

A customizable animated dash that pulses through different dash characters (-, –, —).

Features

• Multiple animation styles:
  • repeat: Cycles through dash characters (-, –, —)
  • snake: Creates a snake-like motion (-, –, —, –)
• Customizable count for multiple characters
• Adjustable animation speed
• Clean exit handling (restores cursor)

Examples

Basic pulse animation:

Snake style with multiple characters:

Repeat style with multiple characters:

Multiple characters with different speeds:

See the bash implementation README for detailed usage instructions.

Planned Implementations

• HTML/CSS
• JavaScript
• Vue
• React
• Python
• Go

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you'd like to add:

• New implementations in other languages
• New animation styles
• Improvements to existing implementations
• Documentation improvements
• Bug fixes

Please feel free to submit a pull request.

License

MIT License - See LICENSE file for details