Go Ascii

Open-source Go projects categorized as Ascii

Top 16 Go Ascii Projects

  1. vhs

    Your CLI home video recorder 📼

    Project mention: Show HN: Gotui – a modern Go terminal dashboard library | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-11

    If you don’t already have a preferred workflow for autogenerating these, you might be interested in vhs https://github.com/charmbracelet/vhs

    I am not affiliated, I just think it’s a neat tool

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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!

    Project mention: Making Your Go Console Apps Pop with go-pretty | dev.to | 2025-03-18

    Let’s dive into go-pretty—a neat little Go library that turns your boring console output into something way more fun and readable.

  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. simpletable

    Simple tables in terminal with Go

  9. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  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 gradient colors, 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 München -> 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)

  19. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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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).

Go Ascii discussion

Go Ascii related posts

  • 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
  • At Last! Tool generates "Hand-Drawn" diagrams based on ascii text-file illustrations

    1 project | /r/dysgraphia | 10 Apr 2021
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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 18,005
2 gameboy.live 4,852
3 go-pretty 3,378
4 ascii-image-converter 2,863
5 encoding 1,031
6 diagram 889
7 simpletable 544
8 reader 388
9 bit 295
10 payme 89
11 GO Transliterator 46
12 stable 33
13 graph-bars-font 32
14 asciiquarium.live 24
15 asciicat 17
16 go-rain 7

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