Go Ascii

Open-source Go projects categorized as Ascii

Top 17 Go Ascii Projects

  1. vhs

    Your CLI home video recorder 📼

    Project mention: Visual Regression Testing for CLIs with VHS | dev.to | 2026-05-18

    VHS by Charm solves this by recording your terminal as a GIF from a script — and you can use those GIFs as visual regression tests.

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  3. gameboy.live

    🕹️ A basic gameboy emulator with terminal "Cloud Gaming" support

  4. go-pretty

    Table-writer and more in golang!

  5. ascii-image-converter

    A cross-platform command-line tool to convert images into ascii art and print them on the console. Now supports braille art!

  6. encoding

    Go package containing implementations of efficient encoding, decoding, and validation APIs.

  7. diagram

    CLI app to convert ASCII arts into hand drawn diagrams.

  8. drift

    Terminal screensaver that activates when you're idle — constellations, rain, particles & more. Press any key to resume. Just drift away! (by phlx0)

    Project mention: I built a terminal screensaver in Go — constellations, rain, braille waves, and full shell integration | dev.to | 2026-04-18
  9. simpletable

    Simple tables in terminal with Go

  10. reader

    reader is for your command line what the “readability” view is for modern browsers: A lightweight tool offering better readability of web pages (and EML files!) on the CLI. (https://codeberg.org/mrus/reader) (by mrusme)

  11. bit

    CLI / TUI Logo Designer + ANSI Font Library with Gradients, Shadows, and Multi-Format Export (by superstarryeyes)

    Project mention: Show HN: Bit – CLI/TUI Logo Designer and ANSI Font Library | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-10-28
  12. payme

    QR code generator (ASCII & PNG) for SEPA payments

  13. GO Transliterator

    Golang text Transliterator (i.e MĂĽnchen -> Muenchen)

  14. stable

    ASCII table creator / generator

  15. graph-bars-font

    OTF font with vertical bars for one-line ASCII spectrum analyzers, graphs, etc

  16. asciiquarium.live

    Watch the asciiquarium in any terminal using curl

  17. asciicat

    :smile_cat: A Simple Image to ASCII Art Conversion Tool.

  18. go-rain

    Matrix rain effect in your term like a true hacker (by gabereiser)

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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  • I built a terminal screensaver in Go — constellations, rain, braille waves, and full shell integration

    1 project | dev.to | 18 Apr 2026
  • Gameboy Cloud Gaming

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Sep 2023
  • Help creating terminal art

    1 project | /r/commandline | 27 May 2023
  • Asciiquarium.live – An ASCII Aquarium in your terminal without any dependencies

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Mar 2023
  • The Terminal Escape Sequences Ocean Is Deep and Dark

    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Jan 2023
  • Ask HN: Where can ASCII Art be Commissioned?

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Sep 2022
  • Fastest JSON parser for large (~888kB) API response?

    2 projects | /r/golang | 7 Jan 2022
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Index

What are some of the best open-source Ascii projects in Go? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 vhs 19,925
2 gameboy.live 4,868
3 go-pretty 3,499
4 ascii-image-converter 3,261
5 encoding 1,050
6 diagram 896
7 drift 640
8 simpletable 548
9 reader 407
10 bit 397
11 payme 90
12 GO Transliterator 46
13 stable 34
14 graph-bars-font 33
15 asciiquarium.live 26
16 asciicat 17
17 go-rain 7

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