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Chafa

Chafa is a command-line utility that converts image data, including animated GIFs, into graphics formats or ANSI/Unicode character art suitable for display in a terminal. It has broad feature support, allowing it to be used on devices ranging from historical teleprinters to...

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  • Windows
  • Linux
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  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Works Offline
  2.  Portable
  3.  No Tracking
  4.  No registration required
  5.  Built-in viewer
  6.  Ad-free
  7.  Terminal-based
  8.  Image Processing

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What is Chafa?

Chafa is a command-line utility that converts image data, including animated GIFs, into graphics formats or ANSI/Unicode character art suitable for display in a terminal. It has broad feature support, allowing it to be used on devices ranging from historical teleprinters to modern terminal emulators and everything in between.

The core functionality is provided by a C library with a public, well-documented API.