Fractals Generator is a lightweight C/C++ application for rendering and exploring fractals in real time.
It uses GPU acceleration to deliver smooth navigation across the complex plane and supports deep zooming through emulated double-precision calculations on the GPU. The program includes several well-known fractal types, a configurable settings panel, built-in colour palettes, and screenshot capture for saving generated images.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Supports Mandelbrot, Julia, Burning Ship, and Newton fractals.
- Offers multiple built-in colour palettes for different visual styles.
- Lets users adjust the maximum iteration count from the settings panel.
- Allows the Julia set constant to be configured with custom real and imaginary values.
- Provides interactive navigation with mouse-based zooming and panning.
- Includes keyboard shortcuts for resetting the view, changing palettes, adjusting iterations, and saving screenshots.
- Built with SFML, Dear ImGui, and GLAD.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/leoraclet/fractals-generator
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Developer: Leo Raclet
License: MIT License
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