ASCII Art Maker Alternatives

ASCII Art Maker is described as 'A program for creating ASCII graphics from images and text' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to ASCII Art Maker for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best ASCII Art Maker alternative is Letterpress ASCII, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ASCII Art Maker are Playscii, Ascii Generator 2, Monodraw and PabloDraw.

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A program for creating ASCII graphics from images and text.

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ASCII Art Maker alternatives page was last updated May 30, 2024
  1. Letterpress ASCII icon
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    Letterpress converts your images into a picture made up of ASCII characters. You can save the output to a file, copy it, and even change its resolution! High-res output can still be viewed comfortably by lowering the zoom factor.

    15 Letterpress ASCII alternatives
    Letterpress ASCII screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME

    Letterpress ASCII Features

    1.  ASCII Art
    Letterpress ASCII iconASCII Art Maker Icon

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    • Letterpress ASCII is the most popular Linux alternative to ASCII Art Maker.

    • Letterpress ASCII is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to ASCII Art Maker.

    • Letterpress ASCII is Free and Open SourceASCII Art Maker is Free and Proprietary
  2. Playscii icon
     12 likes

    Playscii is a powerful, open-source ASCII-based art, animation, and game creation tool. Advanced layer-based tools and import and export options are available through a familiar window system with the appeal of classic DOS development tools like QBasic.

    15 Playscii alternatives
    Playscii screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Playscii Features

    1.  ASCII Art
    2.  2D Game Creation
    3.  ASCII Editor
    Playscii iconASCII Art Maker Icon

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    • Playscii is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to ASCII Art Maker.

    • Playscii is Free and Open SourceASCII Art Maker is Free and Proprietary
  3. Ascii Generator 2 icon
     14 likes

    Ascii Generator 2 (Ascgen2) is an application to convert images into high quality ASCII art - text that accurately represents the original image. The only program of its kind to support variable width fonts and real-time output adjustment and more.

    15 Ascii Generator 2 alternatives
    Ascii Generator 2 screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Ascii Generator 2 Features

    1.  ASCII Art
    Ascii Generator 2 iconASCII Art Maker Icon

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  4. Monodraw icon
     5 likes

    Monodraw allows you to easily create text-based art (like diagrams, layouts, flow charts) and visually represent algorithms, data structures, binary formats and more. Because it's all just text, it can be easily embedded almost anywhere.

    19 Monodraw alternatives
    Monodraw screenshot 1

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  General-purpose diagramming
    5.  ASCII Art
    6.  Snippets
    Monodraw iconASCII Art Maker Icon

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    • Monodraw is the most popular commercial alternative to ASCII Art Maker.

    • Monodraw is Paid and ProprietaryASCII Art Maker is Free and Proprietary
    • Monodraw is LightweightASCII Art Maker is not according to our users
  5. PabloDraw icon
     10 likes

    PabloDraw is a cross-platform text editor designed for creating ANSI and ASCII art, similar to that of its DOS-based predecessors; ACiDDraw (1994) and TheDraw (1986).

    17 PabloDraw alternatives
    PabloDraw screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    PabloDraw Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  WYSIWYG Support
    PabloDraw iconASCII Art Maker Icon

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  6. ASCII Draw icon
     1 like

    This app lets you draw diagrams, tables, tree view, art and more using only characters. There are many stiles to choose from and multiple tools available to use such as:

    18 ASCII Draw alternatives
    ASCII Draw screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    ASCII Draw Features

    1.  ASCII Art
    2.  Charts
    ASCII Draw iconASCII Art Maker Icon

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  7. ASCII Art Paint icon
     4 likes

    free and open-source web-based application for creating and editing images consisting of text characters and hieroglyphs (ASCII graphics / Shift_JIS art / Kaomoji and many others).

    15 ASCII Art Paint alternatives
    Simple interface

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    ASCII Art Paint Features

    1.  Web-Based
    2.  ASCII Art
    3.  ASCII Editor
    4.  Image to text
    5.  Text to Image Generation
    ASCII Art Paint iconASCII Art Maker Icon

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    • ASCII Art Paint is the most popular Web-based alternative to ASCII Art Maker.

    • ASCII Art Paint is Free and Open SourceASCII Art Maker is Free and Proprietary
  8. REXPaint icon
     5 likes

    REXPaint is a powerful and user-friendly ASCII art editor.

    16 REXPaint alternatives
    REXPaint screenshot 1
    REXPaint screenshot 2

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    REXPaint Features

    1.  ASCII Editor
    2.  ASCII Art
    REXPaint iconASCII Art Maker Icon

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  9. JavE icon
     13 likes

    JavE (Java Ascii Versatile Editor) is a free Ascii Editor. Rather than for editing texts, it is intended for drawing simple diagrams by using Ascii characters.

    15 JavE alternatives
    Main editor window

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    JavE Features

    1.  ASCII Art
    2.  ASCII Editor
    JavE iconASCII Art Maker Icon

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  10. MOTD Maker icon
     6 likes

    This program was written to make it easy to generate MOTD files that contain bold and underline formatting along with the 8 colours you can use. Currently the program allows you to output as raw ASCII (control characters saved as ASCII 027) or as the characters `027 (this is...

    11 MOTD Maker alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    MOTD Maker iconASCII Art Maker Icon

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  11. Charaster icon
     5 likes

    Charaster is a browser-based editor for ASCII grahics and art. It provides a robust set of raster-style editing tools such as Line, Rectangle and free-hand drawing tool; all configurable by specifying the character, color and styling to use while drawing.

    16 Charaster alternatives
    Charaster screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Charaster Features

    1.  ASCII Editor
    2.  ASCII Art
    3.  Web-Based
    Charaster iconASCII Art Maker Icon

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    • Charaster is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to ASCII Art Maker.

    • Charaster is Free and Open SourceASCII Art Maker is Free and Proprietary
  12. Calligraphy icon
     1 like

    Calligraphy turns short texts into large, impressive banners made up of ASCII Characters, ready to be copied or exported to images. Spice up your online conversations by adding some extra oompf to your messages.

    15 Calligraphy alternatives
    Calligraphy screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  ASCII Editor
    6.  ASCII Art
    Calligraphy iconASCII Art Maker Icon

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