#ascii #build #command-line-tool #terminal-app #asciit #hexyl

app asciit

A compact and visually appealing ASCII table for your terminal, featuring colored numbers and letters

4 stable releases

Uses new Rust 2024

1.0.3 Apr 21, 2025
1.0.1 Sep 8, 2024
1.0.0 Mar 29, 2024

#374 in Command line utilities

Download history 13/week @ 2025-01-08 5/week @ 2025-02-26 228/week @ 2025-04-16 63/week @ 2025-04-23

291 downloads per month

MIT license

630KB
284 lines

asciit

A more compact and intuitive ASCII table in your terminal: an alternative to man 7 ascii and ascii. Colored numbers and letters are much more easier to find. The table style is inspired by hexyl

Build

git clone https://github.com/Q1CHENL/asciit
cd asciit
cargo build --release

Installation

  • Cargo
cargo install asciit
  • Fedora Linux:
dnf copr enable qichen/asciit # enable the repo
dnf install asciit # install
  • Arch Linux:
yay -S asciit
  • Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/Q1CHENL/asciit
cd asciit
cargo install --path .

Screenshots & Comparison

asciit or asciit -v UI man 7 ascii UI asciit -h --no-explain UI ascii UI

Notice

  • Size of vertical table: 77 x 36
  • Size of horizontal table: 153 x 20

You may need to adjust your terminal window size to view the entire vertical table or ensure the correct horizontal display.

Dependencies

~3–13MB
~143K SLoC