Why gummyworm?
🎨
12 Built-in Palettes
Choose from ASCII, blocks, dots, braille, emoji, and more. Create custom palettes for unique effects.
🌈
Full Color Support
256-color and truecolor (16M) ANSI output. Bring your ASCII art to life with vibrant colors.
📤
Multiple Export Formats
Export to HTML, SVG, or PNG. Perfect for sharing on the web or printing.
⚡
Fast & Lightweight
Pure Bash with no external dependencies beyond ImageMagick. Runs anywhere with a Unix shell.
🔧
Highly Configurable
Control dimensions, aspect ratio, brightness, contrast, and more via CLI or config file.
🎬
Animated GIF Support
Process and play animated GIFs in your terminal, or export them as ASCII art animations.
Simple to Use
$ gummyworm image.png -c -w 80
# Convert with color, 80 chars wide
$ gummyworm photo.jpg -p braille --html output.html
# Export as HTML with braille palette
$ gummyworm avatar.png -p emoji -w 40
# Create emoji art