# patorjk/figlet.js

A FIG Driver written in JavaScript which aims to fully implement the FIGfont spec.

Repository: https://github.com/patorjk/figlet.js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/figletjs
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-10T23:11:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 83, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5202, "days_push": 23, "days_rel": 36, "gap_med": 50.0, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3016, forks 187 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:37.942830+00:00)

## What it is
figlet.js is a JavaScript/TypeScript library that fully implements the FIGfont spec to render text as ASCII art banners. It works in both Node.js and the browser and powers the TAAG online tool.

## Use cases
- render ASCII art text banners in a Node.js CLI
- display stylized FIGlet text in a browser app
- generate ASCII art headers for terminal output
- load and use custom FIGfont files
- print large stylized text in console logs
- build a text-to-ASCII-art web tool

## When to choose
- you need FIGfont-spec-compliant ASCII art rendering in JavaScript
- you want the same library that powers patorjk's TAAG tool
- you need both Node.js and browser support for text banners

## When to avoid
- you need image-based ASCII art conversion rather than text rendering
- your project is not JavaScript/TypeScript based
- you need Unicode or emoji art rather than FIGfont ASCII art

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: parser, developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: ascii-art, figlet, figfont, text-rendering, banner-text, command-line, nodejs, javascript, typescript

## Member repositories
- patorjk/figlet.js (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:37.942830+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 2026-08-30T07:30:04.320902+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/patorjk/figlet.js (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:37.942830+00:00, sha fe745c783d2e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.