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

Developer(s)	Sam Hocevar and Jean-Yves Lamoureux
Initial release	November 22, 2003 (2003-11-22)(0.1 release)[1]
Stable release	0.9 / February 2, 2004; 21 years ago (2004-02-02)[2]
Preview release	0.99.beta20 / October 19, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-10-19)[3]
Repository	github.com/cacalabs/libcaca
Written in	C
Operating system	Unix-like, Microsoft Windows, DOS, and OS X[4]
Available in	English
License	Free software: WTFPLv2[4]
Website	libcaca.zoy.org

An example Wikipedia logo generated using libcaca 0.99.beta18

Overview

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 WTFPL version 2.^[8]

Projects using libcaca

• Gnuplot
• MPlayer^[7]
• FFmpeg^[5]
• GStreamer^[9]
• VLC media player^[6]
• mpv (media player)
• ranger (file manager)

See also

• AAlib
• FFmpeg