# IonicaBizau/image-to-ascii

:floppy_disk: A Node.js module that converts images to ASCII art.

Repository: https://github.com/IonicaBizau/image-to-ascii
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/image-to-ascii
Homepage: http://ionicabizau.net/blog/16
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: mad-science, ascii-art, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2025-10-14T08:10:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 48/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 47, release rhythm 20, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4524, "days_push": 323, "days_rel": 323, "gap_med": 193.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1667, forks 105 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:19.645439+00:00)

## What it is
A Node.js module that converts images (from paths, URLs, or buffers) into ASCII art, with options for size, color, and character sets. It requires GraphicsMagick as an external dependency and also has a companion CLI package.

## Use cases
- convert an image to ascii art in node.js
- render images as ascii characters in the terminal
- turn a png or jpg into ascii text
- generate colored ascii art from a url image
- make ascii art from webcam frames
- print images as text in a cli app

## When to choose
- you want a simple Node.js API to convert images to ASCII art
- you need colored or customizable ASCII output in a terminal or Node app
- you want a small fun utility with a CLI companion available

## When to avoid
- you need high-fidelity image processing or format conversion beyond ASCII output
- you cannot install GraphicsMagick on your system
- you need browser-side conversion without a Node.js environment

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: image-processing
- domain: image-processing, graphics, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: ascii-art, image-conversion, terminal-art, graphicsmagick, nodejs

## Member repositories
- IonicaBizau/image-to-ascii (main) score 48

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:19.645439+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 2026-08-30T03:42:51.829490+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/IonicaBizau/image-to-ascii (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:19.645439+00:00, sha b013a5971229)
  - homepage: http://ionicabizau.net/blog/16 (fetched 2026-08-29T11:16:33.053588+00:00, sha c8f8e9590065)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/image-to-ascii (fetched 2026-08-29T11:16:33.060259+00:00, sha 1a09aaad7bb8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.