The Clacks is the informal nickname for the semaphore system that is the fastest means of non-magical communication on the Discworld. 1
Hex is the Unseen University's organic/inorganic/magical super-computer 2
Clex is the name for a computer controlled Clacks system, literally Clacks + Hex. It's a portmanteau because neologisms are cool.
This is a CLI providing 3 main commands
- decode
- turn a visual representation of a Clacks message into a textual representation
- encode
- turn a textual representation of a Clacks message into a visual representation
- server
- run an automated server providing encoding and decoding via an API