ASCII Cats
Artwork created using keyboard symbols and characters
ASCII Cats launched on May 29, 2021 with 97 votes, #428 of 3,505 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.
What it does
ASCII artwork is artwork that is created without using graphics at all. It is created using keyboard symbols and characters. It started back in the old days of typewriters, probably with the first "smilies." Enjoy the art on Glenda Moore's website :)
CatStuff: thousands of domestic cat graphics for web sites, a huge library of information about cats, games, much more.
Does a similar job
all alternatives →
- CPChoose Photo. Make Ascii2012 · dchang.mit.edu · ▲116
ASCII Drawing Board2025 · delopsu.com · ▲121I'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…
- TMTypograms, Markdown-like renderer for ASCII diagrams2022 · code.sgo.to · ▲140
Image to ASCIISep 2026 · imagetoascii.art · ▲105Make ASCII art for READMEs, Discord & creative visuals
More life & fun this month
the category →
A free city-building game in your browser. You are the mayor. You know what the city needs. Now get it past the zoning board, the neighbors, the appeals court and the next election.
Life & fun · 1d ago · permit.petercai.com
- IV
Life & fun · 13d ago · tanzaniaeducationproject.org
Turn a phone, tablet or TV into a sign. Type a message and it fills the screen: welcome signs, timers, Wi-Fi passwords and more. No app, no account, free.
Life & fun · 14d ago · bigwords.page
Play a free virtual guitar online with your keyboard or by touch. Slow songs down and see every chord, string and strum. Acoustic, classic, electric and bass.
Life & fun · 8d ago · guitoro.com
Carrier settings from iPhone, Pixel and Galaxy firmware, decoded and compared: APNs, VoLTE, 5G and Wi-Fi Calling per carrier, and what each build changed.
Life & fun · 12d ago · carrierexplode.com
Life & fun · 22d ago · space.bl2.net
Source: Product Hunt launch ↗
Launched alongside, May 2021
the whole month →
An OpenGL RTS game engine written in C. Contribute to eduard-permyakov/permafrost-engine development by creating an account on GitHub.
Dev tools · 2021 · github.com
Notion API beta▲835Connect Notion to the tools you use every day
Dev tools · 2021 · developers.notion.com
How to build an audience-driven business
Growth · 2021 · embeddedentrepreneur.com
