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oh-my-logo – create colourful ASCII art logos

August 30, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

oh-my-logo is a command-line tool and software library for creating colourful ASCII art logos.

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Bit – terminal-based ANSI logo designer

August 30, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, TUI

Bit is a terminal-based ANSI logo designer and bitmap-font utility for creating stylised text.

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Ansizalizer – terminal UI to convert images to ANSI art

August 29, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, TUI

Ansizalizer provides a built-in file browser and a real-time preview of the rendered output.

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draw – simple drawing tool for the terminal

June 5, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, TUI

draw lets you sketch in the terminal using a mouse, with coloured characters, rectangular shapes, text insertion and saved files.

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Mezzotone – convert images into ASCII art

March 8, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, TUI

Mezzotone transforms images and GIFs into ASCII and Unicode artwork through a TUI, with adjustable render settings and exports.

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Linux Candy: asciify – turn images into attractive ASCII art

January 30, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Reviews

asciify is a CLI tool that converts images into ASCII art. It’s part of our Linux Candy series.

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Linux Candy: shuffle – ASCII art with a cool shuffle effect

November 10, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews, Utilities

The shuffle command prints an ASCII art picture with a cool shuffle effect.

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ASCII Draw lets you sketch anything using characters

May 21, 2025 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI

ASCII Draw is a GTK editor for creating character diagrams and art with lines, rectangles, text, tables, trees and selection tools.

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img2ascii – command-line tool for converting images to ASCII art

October 3, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

img2ascii converts JPEG, PNG and BMP images into text pictures, with custom character sets, adjustable width and file output.

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Diagon – transforms markdown-style expression into an ascii-art representation

October 3, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

Diagon turns compact text expressions into ASCII and Unicode diagrams, including mathematics, flowcharts, trees and sequence diagrams.

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Vector illustration of a hand holding a bonsai tree

Linux Candy: PyBonsai – generates procedural ASCII art trees

October 1, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Reviews

PyBonsai is a Python script that generates procedural ASCII art trees in the comfort of your terminal.

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Artem – convert images to ASCII art

September 30, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

Artem converts images into colourful terminal ASCII art, with custom character sets, sizing, outline detection and file exports.

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Letterpress – create attractive ASCII art

August 14, 2024 Steve Emms Reviews, Utilities

Letterpress converts your images into a picture made up of ASCII characters. Save the output to a file, copy it, and change its resolution.

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Calligraphy – turn text into ASCII banners

August 12, 2024 Steve Emms Reviews, Utilities

Calligraphy is a small utility which converts short texts into large, imposing banners made up of ASCII characters.

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Linux Candy: ASCII Art Converter

April 1, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics, Reviews, Utilities

ASCII Art Converter converts images into ASCII art. It’s free and open source software written in Rust.

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HasciiCam – convert webcam video into live ASCII art

November 8, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

HasciiCam converts camera feeds and images into ASCII art, supporting live terminal output, HTML publishing and virtual webcam streaming.

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gif-for-cli – Convert Media to Animated ASCII Art

October 16, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

gif-for-cli converts GIFs and short videos into animated ASCII art for terminals, with colour rendering, adjustable size and looping.

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boxes – configurable ASCII art text borders

October 16, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

boxes decorates text with configurable ASCII borders for documentation, banners and source comments, with alignment and unboxing tools.

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FIGlet – generate text banners in different typefaces

October 16, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

FIGlet converts ordinary text into large ASCII banners using varied fonts, with controls for alignment, spacing, kerning and smushing.

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jp2a – convert JPEG images to ASCII art

October 16, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Graphics

jp2a converts JPEG photographs into ASCII art from the command line, offering output sizing, character selection and HTML export.

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