durdraw/durdraw

Versatile ASCII and ANSI Art text editor for drawing in the Linux/Unix/macOS terminal, with animation, 256 and 16 colors, Unicode and CP437, and customizable themes observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/durdraw/durdraw · homepage · Python · BSD-3-Clause (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

70/100

Activity 99
Release rhythm 16
Longevity 100

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: 139
age_days: 4541
days_rel: 543
days_push: 7
n_releases_24m: 2

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1799 stars · 51 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Durdraw is a terminal-based ASCII, Unicode, and ANSI art editor for Unix-like systems, inspired by classic DOS editors like TheDraw and Pablodraw. It supports frame-based animation, 16/256 color modes, CP437 and Unicode conversion, custom themes, and HTML/mIRC output.

Use cases

draw ascii art in the terminal
create ansi art animations
edit dos cp437 ansi files
convert unicode art to cp437
make animated terminal art
export ansi art to html or png
create bbs-style textmode art

When to choose

you want to draw or animate ASCII/ANSI art directly in a Linux or macOS terminal
you need CP437 and Unicode character conversion for retro textmode art
you want a modern alternative to TheDraw or Pablodraw on Unix

When to avoid

you need a graphical raster or vector image editor
you work primarily on Windows without a Unix-like terminal environment
you need full-color image formats beyond 16/256 color textmode art

Facets

application · maturity active

editor animation graphics text-editors graphics media cli cross-platform ascii-art ansi-art tui ncurses unicode cp437 textmode bbs terminal-drawing retro-computing command-line linux macos

3 sources

readme: https://github.com/durdraw/durdraw · fetched 2026-08-28 · d992d8643d8f
homepage: http://durdraw.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2e246c414bb5
site_page: http://durdraw.org/features · fetched 2026-08-29 · 39ece54a2e1c

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
durdraw/durdraw	main	70

For agents

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