# RameshAditya/asciify

Convert any image into ASCII Art.

Repository: https://github.com/RameshAditya/asciify
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/asciify
Language: Python
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-10-14T03:32:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2933, "days_push": 1419, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1179, forks 170 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:53.311290+00:00)

## What it is
ASCIIFY is a Python script that converts images into ASCII art by representing pixel brightness with characters. It is a small, single-purpose command-line tool.

## Use cases
- convert an image to ascii art
- turn a png into text characters
- generate ascii art from a photo
- make terminal-friendly text versions of images
- replicate an image using characters

## When to choose
- you want a quick, simple image-to-ascii conversion in Python
- you need a fun script to render images as text

## When to avoid
- you need advanced image editing or high-fidelity conversion
- you need a maintained tool with a license and active development

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: image-processing, cli
- domain: image-processing, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform, cli
- tags: ascii-art, image-to-text, fun, command-line

## Member repositories
- RameshAditya/asciify (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:53.311290+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 2026-08-30T06:25:26.725514+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/RameshAditya/asciify (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:53.311290+00:00, sha 663a472b6bc7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.