Main repository located at GitLab website

MultiPixel

An app for multiplayer drawing on an infinite canvas.

Server written in Rust (formerly in C++, see "cpp" tag), client written in Typescript.

Try it out! (Public server)

Features

• Infinite canvas
• Multiple rooms support
• Chat
• Undo support
• Brush smoothing
• Lua Plugin support (cpp branch only)

Tools:

• Brush
• Bucket fill
• Gradient editor

Technical features (Server)

• Fully asynchronous multithreading
• Up to 65535 clients supported
• Up to 18446744073709551616 pixels ((2^32)*(2^32)) in one room. Good luck finding real boundary limits.
• LZ4 chunk compression
• WebSockets
• SQLite3 room storage
• Written in Rust 🦀

Technical features (Client)

• Written in Typescript
• Powered by WebGL 2
• LZ4 chunk decompression
• WebSockets

Installation

Launching server

Requirements:

• Rust compiler + functional cargo env

Build commands:

mkdir rooms
cargo run

Preparing client

Requirements:

• npm with required packages

Build commands:

# Change directory
cd web

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start web application
npx vite serve

Changing server address

1. export CONNECT_URL="ws://1.2.3.4:59900"
2. Build/serve web app again (commands above)

Pull requests are welcome.