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bytebreak

v0.1.5

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The entertainment layer for developers — install and play instantly

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bytebreakdevelopergamescliterminalentertainmentcoding-games

Readme

ByteBreak

The entertainment layer for developers.

Turn AI limits and long waits into 90-second engineering games — in your terminal.

Install & play

npm install -g bytebreak
bytebreak
npx bytebreak

If you get EACCES on global install:

npm config set prefix ~/.local
export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
npm install -g bytebreak

First run creates ~/.bytebreak, starts a background daemon, installs shell hooks, and starts a game. No config files to edit. No API keys.

Version: see bytebreak version (package 0.1.5+).

Commands

bytebreak                 # setup (once) + play
bytebreak -g output-rush  # pick a game
bytebreak -r              # random game
bytebreak -l python       # language
bytebreak games
bytebreak limit           # signal any AI agent hit a limit
bytebreak status
bytebreak doctor
bytebreak settings
bytebreak stop
bytebreak version

Auto-suggest

When a high-signal wait is detected (rate limit, long install, long shell command), ByteBreak shows a tip on your next shell prompt:

  ⚡ ByteBreak
  Your AI agent is sleeping 😴
  Rate limit or wait — ready for a 90-second battle?
  → run bytebreak for a 90s battle

Works for any agent (Grok, Claude, Codex, Gemini, …) — messaging is brand-agnostic.

bytebreak limit                    # post a tip now
bytebreak settings --set desktopNotify=false
bytebreak settings --set suggestionsEnabled=false

Tips appear in the terminal, not inside IDE chat UIs. Always-on apps like Cursor IDE are not treated as “AI waiting” (avoids spam).

Games

| ID | Idea | |----|------| | bug-blitz | Find the bug | | output-rush | Guess the output | | sql-sprint | Optimize the query | | docker-dash | Fix the Dockerfile | | git-arena | Resolve the merge conflict |

Privacy

Source code is never collected or uploaded. Anonymous play by default. Shell hooks send command basenames only.

Requirements

  • Node.js 20+
  • Linux / macOS (Windows: CLI play works; desktop notify best-effort)

Links

  • npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/bytebreak
  • Source: https://github.com/shaheeramjad/bytebreak
  • Docs: see repository README.md and docs/