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24 alternatives to 24bit RGB "AnsiArt" Terminal Image Viewer

Small C++ program to display images in a (modern) terminal using RGB ANSI codes and unicode block graphics characters - stefanhaustein/TerminalImageViewer

Terminal Image Viewer is a small C++ program that displays images directly in modern terminals using RGB ANSI color codes and unicode block graphics characters. It is designed for developers and terminal users who want… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. 24bit RGB "AnsiArt" Terminal Image Viewer launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   A Simple terminal-based video chat – renders in ASCII and has audio▲375

   A point to point color terminal video chat. Contribute to mofarrell/p2pvc development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Building terminal dashboards using ASCII/ANSI art and JavaScript▲305

   Build terminal dashboards using ascii/ansi art and javascript - yaronn/blessed-contrib

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Freeze▲118

   Generate images of code and terminal output

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Termtosvg – Record terminal sessions as SVG animations▲767

   Record terminal sessions as SVG animations. Contribute to nbedos/termtosvg development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   ANSI art renderer in JavaScript/Canvas▲47

   2012 · atdt.github.com · its alternatives →

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   Durdraw – a modern ANSI art editor for modern Unix terminals▲154

   I've been working on an ANSI art editor off and on for a while. It works like a traditional ANSI text editor, except it supports 256 colors, Unicode and CP437 encoding, frame-based animation, custom UI themes, terminal mouse input, HTML and IRC color output, and runs in Utf-8 terminals. It's written in Python and curses, and is fairly portable across Unix systems. If you have ever used TheDraw or Aciddraw, the user interface is similar. It can also load/convert, view, edit and save most CP437 (MS-DOS style) ANSI art in a Utf-8 terminal, so you can view ANSI artscene packs in the comfort…

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   a Rust based CLI tool 'imgcatr' for displaying images▲129

   cat for images, by RUST

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   GNUplot with sixel – Mix images, ANSI colors and plots▲110

   GNUplot with sixel support. Contribute to csdvrx/sixel-gnuplot development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   NCurses Terminal Webcam▲110

   a webcam that can be run on a bare terminal. Contribute to mustafaakin/terminal-webcam development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Screensavers for your terminal (Bevy/Ratatui)▲119

    Screensavers for your terminal. Contribute to cxreiff/ttysvr development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Image to Ascii Text – output HTML or Ansi terminal with color support▲7

    Image to Ascii Text with color support, can output to html or ansi terminal. - hit9/img2txt

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Terminal-Rendered ASCII Shaders▲46

    CPU rendered ASCII art shader writing tool with hot reloading. - danthedaniel/js-shaders

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tattoy – a text-based terminal compositor▲200

    Whereas this is mostly a terminal eye-candy project to get you street cred, it does have some serious aspects. Firstly it solves the age-old problem of low-contrast text, like when you `ls` a broken symlink and the red background colour is too near your current theme's foreground colour. Tattoy solves this by using none other than the web's WCAG 2.1 contrast algorithm for accessible text. Secondly, an explicit design goal is that Tattoy should be able to polyfill new terminal protocols, the `xwayland` of the TTY if you will. Say if we want to experiment with completely deprecating ANSI…

    2025 · tattoy.sh · its alternatives →

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    ANSI-Saver – A macOS Screensaver▲104

    Hi, I've been working on something I've been thinking for long time but since I had no experience with macOS screen savers I always posponed. Now thanks to Claude I was able to create a screensaver that scroll ANSI files while your computer is idle. It allow to use local ANS files or packs directly from 16colo.rs. Repo: https://github.com/lardissone/ansi-saver

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Doxx – Terminal .docx viewer inspired by Glow▲261

    I got tired of open file.docx → wait 8 seconds → close Word just to read a document, so I built a terminal-native Word viewer! What it does: * View `.docx` files directly in your terminal with (mostly) proper formatting * Tables actually look like tables (with Unicode borders!) * Nested lists work correctly with indentation * Full-text search with highlighting * Copy content straight to clipboard with `c` * Export to markdown/CSV/JSON Why I made this: Working on servers over SSH, I constantly hit Word docs I needed to check quickly. The existing solutions I'm aware of either strip…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    ASCII Animals in Your Terminal▲62

    2012 · ivolo.me · its alternatives →

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    Terminal Gif Maker▲97

    Creating code samples in simple terminal interface

    2022 · terminalgif.com · its alternatives →

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    The worst ANSI renderer, except for all the others▲71

    A tool that lets you render beautiful graphics in both modern and classic terminal environments; this is the version 1.0 release announcement.

    2019 · hpjansson.org · its alternatives →

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    An ASCII 3D Rendering Engine▲211

    Render 3D models (OBJ, glTF, GLB, STL, .vox) as ASCII art — in the browser, in React or Vue, or straight in your terminal. A three.js-style API with no WebGL and no canvas: just text in a single <pre>.

    Jun 2026 · glyphcss.com · its alternatives →

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    Asciimatics: a cross-platform terminal animation/drawing library▲21

    A cross platform package to do curses-like operations, plus higher level APIs and widgets to create text UIs and ASCII art animations - peterbrittain/asciimatics

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Rayli▲120

    📸 Generate image of a code block right from the terminal

    2022 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →

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    My terminal learned a new trick (Colors in Zig)▲10

    displaying colors using the kitty graphics protocol - written in zig - NishantJoshi00/color-show

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Color Converter▲100

    Convert HEX/RGBA/HSL to code snippets from macOS menubar

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Quickly view satellite imagery directly in your terminal▲6

    Quickly view (satellite) imagery directly in your terminal using Unicode 9.0 characters and true color. - daleroberts/tv

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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