# idevelop/ascii-camera

Real-time ASCII representation of your webcam video stream, using the getUserMedia API.

Repository: https://github.com/idevelop/ascii-camera
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ascii-camera
Homepage: https://andrei.codes/ascii-camera/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-02-20T03:16:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4948, "days_push": 2020, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1399, forks 240 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:36.926640+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: image-processing, web-scraping
- domain: web-development, graphics, entertainment
- platform: browser
- tags: ascii-art, webcam, getusermedia, html5, real-time, fun, web-server

## Member repositories
- idevelop/ascii-camera (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.926640+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 2026-08-30T04:39:10.721785+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/idevelop/ascii-camera (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.926640+00:00, sha 4585b5f10ee2)
  - homepage: https://andrei.codes/ascii-camera/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:53:39.313107+00:00, sha affa346459b4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.