# adoxa/ansicon

Process ANSI escape sequences for Windows console programs.

Repository: https://github.com/adoxa/ansicon
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ansicon
Homepage: http://ansicon.adoxa.vze.com/
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2019-04-29T10:25:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5777, "days_push": 2683, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1256, forks 133 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:09.235355+00:00)

## What it is
ANSICON is a Windows utility that enables ANSI escape sequence processing in console programs, similar to ANSI.SYS for MS-DOS. It works by injecting a DLL into processes and hooking their console functions.

## Use cases
- enable ansi colors in windows console programs
- get colored output from command line tools on windows
- process ansi escape sequences in cmd.exe
- make old windows console apps display colors
- add ansi.sys-like support to windows terminals

## When to choose
- you need ANSI escape sequence support on legacy Windows versions without built-in VT support
- you want colored console output from programs that emit ANSI codes on Windows 2000 through early Windows 10

## When to avoid
- you are on Windows 10+ where Virtual Terminal sequences are natively supported
- you need a maintained cross-platform terminal color solution

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: terminal-ui, developer-tools
- domain: windows, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: ansi-escape-sequences, console, dll-injection, ansi-sys, legacy, command-line

## Member repositories
- adoxa/ansicon (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:09.235355+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T05:07:15.151289+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/adoxa/ansicon (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:09.235355+00:00, sha 7229783ebccf)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.