---
name: "asciiart"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "asciiart"
version: "0.3.0-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/asciiart"
---

# asciiart(1)

command line tool to turn images into ASCII art

## NAME

asciiart - command line tool to turn images into ASCII art

## SYNOPSIS

asciiart \[options\] \<path\_or\_url\>

## DESCRIPTION

asciiart is a command line tool to turn images into ASCII art. It can also be used as a library in Ruby programs.

## OPTIONS

- **-w, --width WIDTH**

  Width of the finished Ascii Art (Default: 100)

- **-f, --format \[text/html\]**

  output format (Default: text)

- **-c, --color**

  Switch to use colored terminal output (Default: false)

- **-i, --invert-chars**

  Invert the character map. Depending on your terminal and image this can make the image clearer (or a lot worse)

- **-v, --version**

  print asciiart version.

- **-h, --help**

  show this message.