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title: "Matrix Rain in 10 Lines of Python Code"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/matrix-rain-in-10-lines-of-python-code-ey7smpjeo
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8ma-iqr_Pw
type: video:youtube
source: "The Coding Gopher"
published: 2026-07-04T04:19:17.148Z
updated: 2026-07-04T04:19:31.297Z
tags: ["python"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 2
comments: 1
language: en
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# Matrix Rain in 10 Lines of Python Code

**[The Coding Gopher](https://daily.dev/sources/codinggopher)** · 1 min read · 2 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

A short Python snippet recreates the iconic Matrix digital rain effect in the terminal using just 10 lines of code. It imports random and sys, builds a character list of numbers and Japanese Katakana symbols, runs an infinite loop generating random 80-character lines, applies an ANSI green color code for the classic look, and adds a small time delay to keep CPU usage in check.

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**@hexapaws** · 0 upvotes

> I'm going to try that rn :D

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