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durdraw

Versatile ASCII and ANSI Art text editor for drawing in the Linux/Unix/macOS terminal, with animation, 256 and 16 colors, Unicode and CP437,

★ 1.9KBSD-3-Clause0.31.1PythonMedia & Entertainment

INSTALLATION

$ pip3 install https://github.com/cmang/durdraw/archive/refs/tags/0.28.0.zip
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DESCRIPTION

durdraw is an animated ASCII and ANSI art editor designed for modern Unix-like terminal emulators.

It supports 16-color ANSI, 256-color extended modes, layers, custom palettes, sub-pixel canvas modes, and animation playback.

Written in Python, it provides a retro-inspired creation workflow for digital art, DOS-style screens, and terminal graphics.

DETAILS

Repository
durdraw/durdraw (2026-11-09)
Website
durdraw.org
Author
durdraw
License
BSD-3-Clause
Category
Media & Entertainment
Language
Python
Platforms
Linux, MacOS, Windows
Version
0.31.1 (2026-10-19)
Repo Age
12 years old

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