chafa

Image-to-text converter supporting a wide range of symbols, etc.

Description

Chafa is a command-line utility that converts all kinds of images, including animated image formats like GIFs, into ANSI/Unicode character output that can be displayed in a terminal.

It is highly configurable, with support for alpha transparency and multiple color modes and color spaces, combining a range of Unicode characters for optimal output.

The core functionality is provided by a C library with a public, well-documented API.

This package ships the command line tool.

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Homepage

https://hpjansson.org/chafa/


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