ASCII Art Generator

Convert images to responsive ASCII text graphics with interactive wave flow, glitch motion, dithering, and custom color palettes.

Preview
{{ plainText }}
{{ toastMessage }}
{{ gridInfo }} {{ formatCompatibility }}
Sample Artwork
Effect Variant
Character Ramp
Color Mode
{{ pal.name }}
Transparent (PNG)
Font & Grid

Plain-text export keeps this {{ config.terminalColumns }}-column grid exactly.

{{ config.fontSize }}px
{{ config.lineHeight }}
{{ config.characterSpacing }}
Processing & Dither
{{ config.brightnessBoost }}
{{ config.contrast }}
{{ config.ditherStrength }}
Wave Motion
{{ config.flowStrength }}
{{ config.mouseRadius }}
Glitch FX
{{ config.glitchIntensity }}
About ASCII Art Generator

ASCII Art Generator parses pixel luminance from any uploaded raster image or vector graphic and converts it into a high-density character grid. You can adjust character ramps, color modes, and apply Floyd-Steinberg or Bayer dithering for optimal halftone tonal contrast.

The interactive Wave Flow effect produces subtle ripple displacements when moving your mouse over the canvas. Both animated variants can be recorded straight off the canvas into an MP4 clip (WebM in browsers that cannot mux MP4), which is useful for looping backgrounds and social posts. All image processing, text rendering and video encoding is executed 100% locally in your browser memory.

100% Local & Private: No images or generated data are transmitted to any server.