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ArtGen

ArtGen is a CLI tool that generates ASCII art from images and text. This project was created out of an interest in building something fun using existing Python packages. It is free, open-source, and designed to convert images into ASCII art. Additional features and changes are being explored and will be updated in upcoming versions.

Features

Two New features

  • interactive web mode to allow more control and support for local image upload

  • interactive cli mode to allow run within terminal.

  • Fetches images using DuckDuckGo

  • Converts images to ASCII art

  • Shows fallback stylized text with pyfiglet

Installation

You can install ArtGen from PyPI:

  pip install artgen --upgrade

Usage

To generate ASCII art, use the following command:

  artgen generate_art "Cat"

  artgen generate_word "Sunflower"

  artgen generate_img "ASCII"

For interactive

For web interface:

   artgen interactive

That will open on localhost or

For cli interactive interface:

   artgen interactive_cli

That will launch in terminal. Known issue for terminal mode for some windows user had permission issue saving file but works on linux or osx

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or PR on GitHub.

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