libcaca is a graphics library that outputs text instead of pixels, so that it can work on older video cards or text terminals.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Xfce
hiptext Alternatives
hiptext is described as 'Command line tool for turning images into text' and is an app. There are four alternatives to hiptext for Linux, Xfce, Mac and Windows. The best hiptext alternative is Libcaca, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like hiptext are derasterize, png2linetext and textview.
Alternatives list
derasterize converts pictures into Unicode text with Ansi colors for display within a terminal. It performs lots of AVX2 optimized math to deliver the best quality on modern terminals with 24-bit color support, e.g. Kitty, Gnome Terminal, CMD.EXE, mintty, mlterm, etc.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Linux
Converts images into textual line art. Contribute to lf94/img2utf development by creating an account on GitHub.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
Quickly view (satellite) imagery directly in your terminal using Unicode 9.0 characters and true color. textview is a small tool to quickly view high-resolution multi-band imagery directly in your terminal.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
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