# rastapasta/mapscii

🗺  MapSCII is a Braille & ASCII world map renderer for your console - enter => telnet mapscii.me <= on Mac (brew install telnet) and Linux, connect with PuTTY on Windows

Repository: https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mapscii
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ascii-art, map, vector-tiles, braille, console, console-application, openstreetmap
Last push: 2024-11-03T16:02:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3637, "days_push": 668, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9225, forks 296 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:28.956930+00:00)

## What it is
MapSCII is a Node.js-based renderer that displays OpenStreetMap vector tiles as Braille or ASCII world maps in xterm-compatible terminals. It can be used via telnet (mapscii.me), npx, or installed globally, and supports mouse/keyboard navigation, POI discovery, Mapbox style customization, and offline MBTiles.

## Use cases
- view a world map in my terminal
- explore OpenStreetMap data from the console
- render vector tiles as ASCII art
- browse maps over telnet or ssh
- find points of interest around a location from the command line
- work with offline MBTiles maps in a terminal

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, fun way to view maps without leaving the terminal
- you need ASCII/Braille map output for accessibility or low-bandwidth environments
- you want to connect to arbitrary vector tile servers or work offline with MBTiles

## When to avoid
- you need a graphical, high-fidelity map interface
- you need routing, directions, or rich geospatial analysis
- your terminal lacks xterm compatibility or mouse/keyboard interaction support

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: data-visualization, geospatial, cli
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli, windows, cross-platform
- tags: ascii-art, braille, openstreetmap, vector-tiles, terminal, console-application, mbtiles, maps, command-line, geospatial, nodejs, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- rastapasta/mapscii (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:28.956930+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 2026-08-29T17:23:16.412617+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:28.956930+00:00, sha 7dee40919870)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/mapscii (fetched 2026-08-29T08:23:23.488067+00:00, sha 3d0f172fa58a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.