Opening Grove

Preparing the app. Audio starts off.

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Customize

Universe shape → colors → lines → effects

Scene lifespan count · duration · revival

Keep recent activity readable with a file count, a lifespan, or both. History remains available when you seek.

Universe shape · size · thickness

Shape is how folders sit in space. Theme (below) only paints colors — it will not un-hairball a sphere.

Universe preset

Packaged shapes + spacing (tree, galaxy, tunnel…). Applies layout knobs instantly.

Universe: Treehouse

Separate whole branches, add an outward push, then let them settle. X/Y control the spread; Z controls depth.

Colors & markers palette only · not layout

Color theme

Palette only — Signal, Day, Phosphor, Ice… Does not change universe shape.

Color variant

Theme-specific looks (line weight, glow, backdrop). Can also touch layout if the look says so.

custom

Accent color

Defaults to the active theme signal.

Hot color

Busy edges and high-intensity beams morph toward this.

Marker shapes

Choose file and folder silhouettes. People keep a consistent marker.

Lines & beams tree edges · commit bolts

Tree line style

How folder edges are drawn (independent of theme colors).

Show / hide toggle scene layers

Dots & people sizes · bloom · glide

Text & fonts names · linger · depth

Size 0 hides that label type. Filename linger only applies when filenames are shown above.

Camera travel speed · frame padding · follow people

Select an item to travel to it; dismiss its details to return. Camera travel / follow speed controls both trips and contributor tracking. View boundary is auto-frame padding — empty space around the whole universe when the camera refits.

Touch: one finger orbits · two fingers pan · pinch zooms
Drag orbit · Shift/Alt/Space+drag pan
WASD pan · Q/E yaw · arrows orbit
Scroll zoom · ⤢ or 0 re-frame the universe
Click a person then F chase / POV · V busiest user

Atmosphere stars · backdrop · trails

Background field — stars, backdrop wash, people trails.

Commit impacts per-file sparks

Per-file sparks on add/modify/delete.

Spectacle novas · arcs · meteors

Big multi-hit drama — shockwaves, novas, lightning, meteors. Opacity tames white-out without killing the structure.

Randomize frequencieschoose what shows up

Chance of including each effect on your next Randomize. 0% never, 100% every time. Saved across rolls; manual effect sliders still work.

Wild FX pixelate · glitch · grain

Full-frame post effects. Stack freely — start low (0.2–0.4). Chaos dice may turn these on.

Motion auto-spin · living mutation

Camera drift and the living-settings mutation matrix.

Audio mic · spectrum · slots

Track & spectrum

Load a track or open the mic. Same modular slots either way — pulse, sparkle, lines, camera kick. Mic is analysis-only (no speaker loopback).

No input — load a track or use the mic

Effect slots

Each row: enable · what to drive · which band · how hard.

Timing play length · idle · loop

Title & filters regex · follow · title

Title overlay

Date format

Follow user

Highlight user

Background

Hide files (regex)

Only files (regex)

Hide users (regex)

Only users (regex)

Save / load export · import config

Keyboard

space play · drag orbit · shift+drag pan · wheel zoom · click contributor to ride · f chase · v busiest · esc exit · 0 reset cam

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Open an estate

Choose a bundled estate or scan your own Git folders. Review the repositories, then load their history into the visualization.

Explore an estate

Linux is the default: complete non-merge history at the September 4, 2026 snapshot. Source details

Repository roots

Pick a folder to scan it for Git repositories. Review the results below, then load your selection. Typed paths require the local Grove server.

References

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