This is a Python program I wrote a while ago to render the Mandelbrot set. I started it in early 2017 and have improved it quite a bit since then, rewriting the code multiple times to make it a bit better.
The main feature of this is that it uses OpenCL to compute the pixel values, meaning that it is able to run on the GPU. This brings a huge speedup over the CPU, and also meant that I was able to learn how OpenCL works.
The current version of the program requires a working installation of OpenCL, pyopencl and OpenCV's Python 3 bindings. To run the program, run python mandelbrot.py and then use the keyboard to control the view.
Keybindings:\
w a s dto move the view up, left, down, and right respectively- Up/Down arrows to increase/decrease the number of iterations
fto switch between 32 bit and 64 bit arithmetic- Page Up/Page Down to zoom in/out
