jp2a is a small utility that converts JPEG images to ASCII with given dimensions. You can specify a mixture of files and URLs.
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Tag: ascii-art
TOIlet – “The Other Implementation’s letters”
TOIlet is a small console-based tool that prints text using large characters made of smaller characters.
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textdraw – draw geometric figures with ASCII art
textdraw is an easy to use application which you can use to draw geometric figures and text as ASCII Art and move them around.
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cadubi – Creative ASCII Drawing Utility
cadubi is an application written in Perl that allows you to draw text-based images that are viewable on typical Unix-based consoles.
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cowsay – configurable talking cow
cowsay is a configurable program which generates ASCII pictures of a cow with a message in a speech bubble. cowsay is written in Perl.
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AEWAN – Ascii-art Editor Without a Name
Aewan is a multi-layered ascii-art/animation editor that produces both stand-alone cat-able art files and an easy-to-parse format.
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Linux Candy: Boxes – command line ASCII boxes
Boxes is a text filter which can draw ASCII art boxes around its input text. It can spice up news posting, emails, documenting files, and much more.
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Linux Candy: lolcat – rainbows and unicorns
lolcat applies rainbow colors to text output in the terminal. It works in a similar way to the venerable cat command but jazzes things up.
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MapSCII – console based Braille and ASCII map renderer
MapSCII is a Node.js based Vector Tile to Braille and ASCII renderer for xterm-compatible terminals. It’s billed as the whole world in your console.
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wego – ASCII weather app for the terminal
wego is another gem of a terminal application. It’s open source weather software written in the Go programming language and designed for the terminal. It displays the weather in a variety of visually attractive ways. It’s a lightweight way to keep an eye on the weather without requiring a web browser. The information is SSL-encrypted for transmission to the local computer.
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