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24 alternatives to 1 Line Art

ASCII art in one line

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. 1 Line Art launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Asky▲136

   ASCII art as a service ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hexascii▲92

   One stop for all the ASCII emoticon art

   2014 · hexascii.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Artpacks▲68

   ANSI & ASCII art over the years

   2015 · artpacks.org · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Find–the–Line▲68

   Transform simple lines into works of art

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Instagram into ASCII Art▲134

   Turn any Instagram picture into impressive ASCII art

   2016 · thought.ai · its alternatives →

6. 6
   ASCII Prints▲169

   ASCII art on your wall ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Image to ASCII▲105

   Make ASCII art for READMEs, Discord & creative visuals

   Sep 2026 · imagetoascii.art · its alternatives →

8. 8
   ASCII Art Paint▲150

   Surprise your readers with an original post using text art

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Adobe Line▲78

   Precise drawing and drafting for iOS

   2014 · adobe.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    ASCII Charts▲158

    Nice-looking lightweight ASCII line charts generator for iOS

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    DrawType▲109

    The Drawing Keyboard

    2014 · archive.theowatson.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    ASCIImator▲79

    A simple photo app that converts images into ASCII art

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Just a Line▲325

    Make simple drawings in AR, by Google

    2018 · experiments.withgoogle.com · its alternatives →

14. 14CA
    Collaborative ASCII Drawing with Telnet▲101

    2024 · jott.live · its alternatives →

15. 15
    ASCII line chart with console, HTML and image outputs, written in PHP▲74

    Nice looking versatile ASCII linegraph written in PHP - noximo/PHP-colored-ascii-linechart

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    ASCII Art Weather▲89

    Get the weather information in ASCII art

    2016 · wttr.in · its alternatives →

17. 17
    ASCII Cats▲97

    Artwork created using keyboard symbols and characters

    2021 · user.xmission.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Paper App▲46

    Sketch, Draw, Outline, Color, etc

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Linea▲90

    Sketch on your iPad, simply

    2017 · linea-app.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    ASCII Drawing Board▲121

    I've made an ASCII drawing board. You can set any brush, canvas size, export art as a text file. I want to keep it as manual/analog as possible, hence there is no tool for converting image to ASCII. Prompting LLMs to draw ASCII art turned out to be a difficult task . So instead I decided to ask it make a drawing board. Wihtout coding agent I wouldn't even try myself. Although it is an interesting task, it would drift me away. Basically it's just a drawing board with endless variations of textures and brushes: when you make large canvas and zoom out you don't see ASCII anymore, but…

    2025 · delopsu.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    ArtCorgi▲100

    Commission personalized art

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    LINE Webtoon▲68

    Free digital comics, updated daily

    2015 · webtoons.com · its alternatives →

23. 23CP
    Choose Photo. Make Ascii▲116

    2012 · dchang.mit.edu · its alternatives →

24. 24TM
    Typograms, Markdown-like renderer for ASCII diagrams▲140

    2022 · code.sgo.to · its alternatives →

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