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Make ASCII art for READMEs, Discord & creative visuals
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Image to ASCII - Make ASCII art for READMEs, Discord & creative visuals

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Give your README a signature, your Discord a mascot, or your next blog post a character-art cover. Turn photos and logos into ASCII locally in your browser—free, with no signup or image upload. Start with a built-in example, compare before/after, and tune presets, detail and color. Copy text or Markdown; export TXT, PNG, SVG, HTML or ANSI. Text formats keep editable characters; image exports preserve the look. Try the neon jellyfish or make an 80-column fox README mark.

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Hey Product Hunt! 👋 Image to ASCII turns photos and logos into character art directly in your browser. Image conversion happens locally, with no image upload or account required. Choose a character style, adjust the detail and color, then copy the result or export it for a README, terminal, Discord message or retro graphic. Exports include TXT, PNG, SVG, HTML and ANSI, plus Markdown copying. It is free to use. Try one of the built-in examples or bring your own image. What would you make with it, and which export format would be most useful to you?

I really appreciate the fine little details you put into presenting this small tool. The icon, the monotype typo, the compare view, and all the adjustment options. Beautiful work!

I love it, never knew this was a thing. I even didn't know they were called ASCII.
Congrats!!

Can i use it inside claude code?

left a review above - the local-only, no-signup angle is the right call for a tool like this. I made a README banner out of the built-in jellyfish example and exported as HTML since I wanted it to keep the color for GitHub's rendered markdown rather than flattening it to plain TXT. curious if the SVG export keeps the same crispness at different zoom levels or if it's really tuned for one fixed size.