0.3.0 · matrix-goose

Draw with code.
Keep the editor you love.

PicoTurtle is a focused Lua turtle-graphics runtime powered by Raylib. Write a script, run it, and watch geometry unfold.

Draw your first shape View the release

Lua graphics API
macOS & Windows
PNG export
Open source

turtle / polygons.lua

Start small

Six lines. One hexagon.

PicoTurtle supplies the canvas. Your Lua program supplies the idea.

hexagon.luaLua

local picoturtle = require "picoturtle"
local t = picoturtle.new()

t:pencolor("coral")
t:penwidth(3)

for side = 1, 6 do
  t:forward(120)
  t:right(60)
end

Bring your own editor

Version 0.3.0 deliberately leaves the old built-in IDE behind. Use any editor, then run the script with the picoturtle command. Add --no-wait when automating PNG exports.

Build and run PicoTurtle

Reference shelf

Everything needed to explore.

The detailed guides live beside the code and change with it.

Lua API

Movement, state, shapes, text, pictures, animation, and export.

Samples

Polygons, trees, fractals, ferns, pictures, text, and mazes.

Compatibility

What stayed, what changed, and what was retired in 0.3.0.

A smaller PicoTurtle

Less machinery.
More drawing.

Supported nowSource builds and runtime operation on macOS and Windows.

Intentionally goneThe Qt IDE, Skia renderer, and built-in GIF assembly.

Still aheadLinux verification, richer packaging, and complex-script text shaping.

Draw with code.Keep the editor you love.