Art

ASCII Draw lets you sketch anything using characters

ASCII Draw is an app to draw diagrams or anything using only ASCII

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

  • Rectangle using multiple line styles.
  • Filled Rectangle using border and fill characters.
  • Cartesian, Freehand and Stepped line, also with arrows.
  • Freehand Brush.
  • Text with FIGlet fonts.
  • Table.
  • Tree View.
  • Eraser.
  • Character Picker.
  • Move and Rotate selection.
  • Flood Fill.

Website: github.com/Nokse22/ascii-draw
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Developer: Nokse22
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

ASCII Draw in action
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ASCII Draw is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.


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