ASCII Art Creator
Generate banners, boxes, cowsay-style art, tables, and image-to-ASCII in your terminal.
Keywords: ascii, art, banner, cowsay, cli, terminal, python, open-source, agent, automation, MIT
Part of the itsPremkumar Hermes / OpenClaw / Paperclip agent stack — 31 free, MIT-licensed, CI-tested agent-native tools.
What it does
Terminal UIs and docs need quick, dependency-free visual flair. ASCII Art Creator solves this: Generate banners, boxes, cowsay-style art, tables, and image-to-ASCII in your terminal.
Best for: DevOps, CLI tool authors, and anyone documenting in the terminal.
Features
- Print a banner for a deploy script
- Draw a box around a note
- Cowsay-style messages
- Render a table
- Convert an image to ASCII
Install
# Requires Python 3.8+. No pip install needed.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/itsPremkumar/ascii-art-creator/main/ascii_art.py
# Or copy the file anywhere — it's self-contained.
Quick start
python ascii_art.py self-test # prove it works end-to-end
python ascii_art.py banner --help # banner subcommand
python ascii_art.py box --help # box subcommand
python ascii_art.py cow --help # cow subcommand
python ascii_art.py table --help # table subcommand
python ascii_art.py image --help # image subcommand
Use cases
- Print a banner for a deploy script
- Draw a box around a note
- Cowsay-style messages
- Render a table
- Convert an image to ASCII
Why choose this over alternatives
| Alternative | Why this skill is better |
|---|---|
| figlet alone | Adds boxes, cowsay, tables, and image-to-ASCII in one tool. |
| Screenshotting | Text art pastes cleanly into logs and READMEs. |
| Manual ASCII | Generators produce consistent output. |
FAQ (SEO / AEO)
Q: What styles exist?
A: banner, box, cow, table, and image-to-ASCII.
Q: Multiple fonts?
A: Yes — --font selection where supported.
Q: Is it offline?
A: Yes — pure stdlib.
Q: Self-test?
A: Yes — self-test proves every renderer works.
Geo / local reach
Built and maintained by @itsPremkumar (Chennai, India · serving developers worldwide). Free for individuals and teams everywhere. Documentation in English; tool output is locale-neutral.
CI integration
# .github/workflows/verify.yml
name: Verify
on: [push]
jobs:
verify:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Self-test ascii-art-creator
run: python ascii_art.py self-test
Support
Free + MIT-0 (free, modifiable, no attribution required). Sponsor if useful:
- GitHub Sponsors: https://github.com/sponsors/itsPremkumar
- Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/itsPremkumar
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