hackbard: Durdraw

Durdraw

Durdraw is an ASCII, Unicode and ANSI art editor for UNIX-like systems (Linux, macOS, etc). It runs in modern Utf-8 terminals and supports frame-based animation, custom themes, 256 and 16 color modes, terminal mouse input, DOS ANSI art viewing, CP437 and Unicode mixing and conversion, HTML output, mIRC color output, and other interesting features.

Durdraw is heavily inspired by classic ANSI editing software for MS-DOS and Windows, such as TheDraw, Aciddraw and Pablodraw, but with a modern Unix twist.

For example, most do 16 colors. Durdraw does 256 colors (using xterm-256color escape codes).

Most use Code Page 437 (IBM-PC) character encoding for extended characters. Durdraw uses Unicode, but can import, convert and export CP437 encoding, so your MS-DOS ANSI art stays in-tact. It still lets you input any Unicode character through a Unicode block browser.

Most need a GUI, but Durdraw runs in a standard Utf-8 terminal (like Xterm, Konsole or iTerm2).

Most that do run in the terminal don't support a mouse or are hard to use. Durdraw is pretty easy to use (similar to TheDraw) and has a suite of mouse tools. Ease of use is subjective, of course.

Most don't do animation. Durdraw does, with custom speed control and frame delays.

Home : https://durdraw.org/

Video Turtorial : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWczO0Vd_54

Source : https://github.com/durdraw/durdraw

The tool is heavily inspired by classic MS-DOS programs such as TheDraw or ACiDDraw. However, it stands out thanks to modern features:

Frame-by-frame animation: Enables the creation and precise speed control (1–50 FPS) of animated text art.
Color variety: Supports both the classic 16-color mode and modern 256-color palettes. Mouse support: Drawing, color picking, and menu navigation work directly via terminal mouse input.
Additional tools: Includes the animated system info tool Durfetch and the art pack viewer Durview with 16colo.rs integration.

Linux support