idevelop/ascii-camera
Real-time ASCII representation of your webcam video stream, using the getUserMedia API. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4948
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2020
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1399 stars · 240 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A browser-based web app that converts your webcam video stream into a real-time ASCII art representation using the HTML5 getUserMedia API. It is a small JavaScript demo built on camera.js and jsascii.
Use cases
- turn my webcam feed into ascii art in the browser
- demo of the getUserMedia camera api
- real-time ascii video effect
- fun browser toy using webcam
- example code for html5 camera access
When to choose
- you want a lightweight, fun browser demo of webcam-to-ASCII conversion
- you need a simple example of using getUserMedia for camera input
When to avoid
- you need production-grade video processing or filters
- you need support for modern browsers beyond the legacy ones it targets, or mobile support
- you need an actively developed project with recent updates
Facets
application · maturity maintenance
image-processing web-scraping web-development graphics entertainment browser ascii-art webcam getusermedia html5 real-time fun web-server
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/idevelop/ascii-camera · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4585b5f10ee2
- homepage: https://andrei.codes/ascii-camera/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · affa346459b4
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| idevelop/ascii-camera | main | 32 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="idevelop/ascii-camera")
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