# AlexanderGrooff/mermaid-ascii

Render Mermaid graphs inside your terminal

Repository: https://github.com/AlexanderGrooff/mermaid-ascii
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mermaid-ascii
Homepage: https://mermaid-ascii.art/
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-19T20:02:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 97, longevity 91
- inputs: {"age_days": 1286, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": 22, "gap_med": 2, "n_releases_24m": 24}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1549, forks 73 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:02.064251+00:00)

## What it is
A Go-based CLI tool that renders Mermaid diagram definitions as ASCII art directly in the terminal. It also offers an interactive web interface and an HTTP API for rendering diagrams.

## Use cases
- render mermaid diagrams in the terminal
- convert mermaid graph syntax to ascii art
- preview flowcharts without a browser
- view diagrams over ssh
- render mermaid diagrams via an http api

## When to choose
- you work in a terminal or over ssh and need quick diagram previews
- you want ascii diagrams for docs, code comments, or commit messages
- you prefer a lightweight binary with no browser needed

## When to avoid
- you need full mermaid feature support or pixel-perfect rendering
- you need export to images or svg
- your diagrams rely on advanced mermaid features not supported by ascii output

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, developer-tools, data-visualization
- domain: developer-tools, data-visualization
- platform: cli, cross-platform, windows
- tags: mermaid, ascii-art, diagrams, terminal, go, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- AlexanderGrooff/mermaid-ascii (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:02.064251+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 2026-08-30T04:30:20.905002+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/AlexanderGrooff/mermaid-ascii (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:02.064251+00:00, sha 36478f845314)
  - homepage: https://mermaid-ascii.art/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:30:57.753731+00:00, sha 337e0d820211)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.