Development status Active | Written in C | |
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Initial release November 22, 2003 (2003-11-22)(0.1 release) Stable release 0.9 / February 2, 2004; 13 years ago (2004-02-02) Preview release 0.99.beta19 / May 16, 2014; 2 years ago (2014-05-16) | ||
libcaca is a software library that converts pixel information into colored ASCII art. It includes the library itself, and several programs including cacaview, an image viewer that works inside a terminal emulator, and img2txt, which can convert an image to other text-based format.
libcaca has been used in a variety of programs, including the FFmpeg, VLC media player, and MPlayer.
libcaca is free software, licensed under Do What the Fuck You Want to Public License version 2.
References
Libcaca Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA