Image to ASCII

This is a simple application that converts an image to ASCII art.

supported formats

• gif

future support

• jpg
• png
• bmp

How to use

$ go run main.go -w=25 -h=25 -i=localfile.gif

or

$ go run main.go -w 25 -h 25 -i localfile.gif

or

$ go run main.go -c -w=75 -h=100 -i=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Rotating_Tux.gif  

how to build

$ go build -o image2ascii main.go

Note

• The image will be resized to the width and height specified in the flags
• The image will be converted to grayscale
• Remember to do zoom out in your terminal to see the image correctly

Flags

Flag	Description	Default	Needed
-w	width of the image	25	No
-h	height of the image	25	No
-i	input source image , it can be a localfile or external url	empty	Yes
-c	active color mode	false	No

Recomended terminals

• Kitty - this terminal is the best in the test for the moment
• KDE Konsole