pwaller/pyfiglet
An implementation of figlet written in Python observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
74/100
- Activity 95
- Release rhythm 31
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 74
- age_days: 5746
- days_rel: 383
- days_push: 31
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
1580 stars · 158 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
pyfiglet is a pure-Python port of FIGlet that renders ASCII text as ASCII art using FIGlet fonts, including kerning/smushing support. It works as an embeddable Python library and also as a command-line tool.
Use cases
- render ascii art banners from text in python
- generate figlet-style text without external binary
- add ascii art headers to cli output
- convert text to big ascii letters
- embed figlet rendering in a python app
When to choose
- you need FIGlet-identical ASCII art output in pure Python
- you want to embed dynamic banner rendering without shelling out to the figlet binary
When to avoid
- you need image or graphical text rendering rather than ASCII art
- you need fonts with unclear redistribution rights that were removed from the package
Facets
library · maturity stable
cli developer-tools developer-tools python cli cross-platform ascii-art figlet text-rendering banner-text command-line
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/pwaller/pyfiglet · fetched 2026-08-28 · 0082f550ef8a
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/pyfiglet/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · ce5b5e94253f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| pwaller/pyfiglet | main | 74 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="pwaller/pyfiglet")
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