Developer(s) | Sam Hocevar and Jean-Yves Lamoureux |
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Initial release | November 22, 2003[1] | (0.1 release)
Stable release | 0.9
/ February 2, 2004[2]
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Preview release | 0.99.beta20
/ October 19, 2021[3]
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Repository | |
Written in | C |
Operating system | Unix-like, Microsoft Windows, DOS, and OS X [4] |
Available in | English |
License | Free software: WTFPLv2 [4] |
Website |
libcaca |
libcaca is a software library that converts images 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 formats.
libcaca has been used in a variety of programs, including FFmpeg, VLC media player, and MPlayer. [5] [6] [7]
libcaca is free software, licensed under Do What the Fuck You Want to Public License version 2.
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