Cbirds: A flock of birds in your terminal(github.com)
16 points by epestr | 9 comments
GitHub repository for cbirds, a program that simulates and displays a flock of birds in the terminal.
#ascii-art on Hacker News
11 stories tagged ascii-art, newest first.
Animated ASCII Art for Web Pages(ascii.rest)
426 points by turrini | 72 comments
ascii.rest is a gallery of 191 animated ASCII art pieces for web pages, including scenes, 3D shapes, loaders, charts, language logos and Linux distro logos.
Lazydraw: Terminal ASCII editor for drawing diagrams and sketches(github.com)
19 points by masterpos | 3 comments
GitHub repository for lazydraw, a terminal-based ASCII editor for drawing quick diagrams and sketches, with a herdr plugin.
![Screenshot of youtube.com: A walkable ASCII cyberpunk city in one HTML file [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2026/8/31/71242a14-9dcc-4066-b2d2-286e6be2e374.jpg)
A walkable ASCII cyberpunk city in one HTML file [video](youtube.com)
381 points by keithcarolus | 58 comments
YouTube video from Grow Now! Games showing a walkable ASCII-rendered cyberpunk city built in a single HTML file.
Monosketch(monosketch.io)
821 points by penguin_booze | 137 comments
Landing page for MonoSketch, a browser-based ASCII sketching and diagramming app for drawing diagrams such as circuits in text characters.
Mermaid ASCII: Render Mermaid diagrams in your terminal(mermaid-ascii.art)
373 points by mellosouls | 59 comments
A tool that renders Mermaid diagrams as ASCII art in the terminal; the screenshot shows the related lukilabs/beautiful-mermaid GitHub repository.
ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering(alexharri.com)
1271 points by alexharri | 139 comments
Blog post by Alex Harri taking a deep dive into building an image-to-ASCII renderer, with interactive demos explaining why ASCII characters aren't pixels.
Monodraw(monodraw.helftone.com)
546 points by mafro | 173 comments
Product homepage for Monodraw, a macOS app by Helftone for creating ASCII art diagrams and text-based drawings.
D2 (text to diagram tool) now supports ASCII renders(d2lang.com)
411 points by alixanderwang | 70 comments
D2 blog post announcing ASCII output rendering in release 0.7.1, with .txt output files and a Vim extension preview example.
ASCII Silhouettify(meatfighter.com)
473 points by thunderbong | 64 comments
Project page for ASCII Silhouettify, an app that converts flat graphics like logos and pixel art into ASCII silhouettes using the 95 printable ASCII characters.
Monodraw(monodraw.helftone.com)
952 points by saikatsg | 197 comments
Product homepage for Monodraw, a powerful ASCII art and diagram editor designed for the Mac by Helftone.