I am a bit biased (as I wrote it) https://github.com/the60ftatomicman/garbtronix_animation however there's: https://github.com/mkrueger/icy_tools which I know some better artist than I use for all sorts of ASCII/ANSI animation. If you do pick my little tool up feel free to message and I can teach ya the syntax. Answer from AndyGarber on reddit.com
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ASCII Motion
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ASCII Motion - Create ASCII Art Animations in the browser
An open source tool for creating and animating ASCII art. Draw on a canvas frame-by-frame, generate animations procedurally, or convert images and videos automatically into text-based designs.
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Qqpr
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ASCII Animator Download - Animated ASCII Art Converter
ASCII Animator is a unique, funny and free software to convert GIF image to animated ASCII art. First, ASCII Animator extracts GIF image into frames, then converts each frames to ASCII art, and encodes the ASCII art into a new animated ASCII art GIF image.
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Most efficient way to make ASCII art animations, preferably in this old pixely style?
I am a bit biased (as I wrote it) https://github.com/the60ftatomicman/garbtronix_animation however there's: https://github.com/mkrueger/icy_tools which I know some better artist than I use for all sorts of ASCII/ANSI animation. If you do pick my little tool up feel free to message and I can teach ya the syntax. More on reddit.com
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How and where to learn ASCII animation?
If your goal is to just create an animation you can make normal animation as a gif and use an online converter to generate it into an ASCII representation. How you would program it is that you would take each pixel of each frame and assign them some character. That way you would get a series of ASCII "images" representing each frame. If you then want to play that back in video format you have to take those ASCII "images" and turn them into actual images and then play them in roughly the same framerate as the original source animation. That is at least how I would approach the problem. More on reddit.com
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Lyza ASCII-art animation

Past I: This GIF has 24 frames; I can easily trace them all!

Current I: (Just finished frame 10) Sweet Jesus, if I ever have to stare at Lyza's hair strands again...

Also, I'll post the source text file later. First, I'll sleep.

Edit: Here's a ZIP file with all the frames.

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Here's my attempt to convert a gif into ASCII art and run it in the command line
that’s amazing! How did you convert it? More on reddit.com
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ASCII
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ASCII ANIMATED
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Qqpr
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Animated ASCII art gallery
Animated ASCII art gallery - ASCII Animator converts Animated GIF image to animated ASCII art controlled by javascript or animated ASCII art GIF image.
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GitHub
github.com › thatcherclough › AsciiAnimator
GitHub - thatcherclough/AsciiAnimator: A stop motion ASCII art animator.
AsciiAnimator uses plain text files and stop motion to animate ASCII art frame by frame.
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ASCII Art Archive
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ASCII Animations – Moving Art in Text Mode
Welcome to our collection of ASCII animations, where text characters form moving patterns and simple visual stories. Here you can explore looping scenes, retro-style effects, and creative text-based motion. All built entirely with ASCII art.
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Ascii-animator
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ASCII Animator
Welcome to the ASCII Animator, an open-source tool for creating plain text animations in the style of ASCII art.
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Ascii-motion
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ASCII Motion
Create and animate ASCII art with a timeline editor, conversion tools, and export formats built for artists and developers.
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Etherwork
llizard.etherwork.net › ascii-animation › ascii-animlesson.html
So you want to make your own ASCII-animation! | ASCII-animations
rows="6" cols="17"> The rows is the number of lines in each frame and the cols is the width of the frame. It's a good idea to add a blank line at the top of your drawing so that you won't have unsightly scrollbar things (tantalizing people into thinking there is more to be seen) at the sides ...
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GitHub
github.com › soda480 › ascii-animator
GitHub - soda480/ascii-animator: A simple ASCII text animator · GitHub
ascii-art-animator -f docs/images/marcovich.gif -a -m 3 -c 100 · input · output · from ascii_animator import Animator, AsciiAnimation, Speed Animator( animation=AsciiAnimation("docs/images/marcovich.gif", columns=100), speed=Speed.NORMAL, max_loops=1, ) Subclass Animation and implement: grid - returns the current frame (list of rows) cycle() - updates state and returns True when a full cycle completes ·
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GitHub
github.com › doctorfree › Asciiville
GitHub - doctorfree/Asciiville: ASCII Art, Animation, and Utilities · GitHub
Usage: asciiville [-a] [-A] [-b] [-c command] [-C] [-d] [-D delay] [-E len] [-f] [-F] [-g] [-i] [-I] [-jJ] [-k] [-l] [-L level] [-m] [-M] [-N] [-n num] [-p] [-P script] [-r] [-R] [-s song] [-S] [-t] [-T] [-U] [-v] [-V show] [-w] [-W] [-x] [-X] [-y] [-Y] [-z] [-Z] [-u] [file1 [file2 ...]] Terminal/Command options: -c 'command' indicates use 'command' If 'command' is keyword 'endo' then display ascii fluid simulation If 'command' is keyword 'maps' then display a map using mapscii If 'command' is keyword 'moon' then display the phase of the Moon If 'command' is keyword 'news' then display RSS new
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Wordpress
llizardakaejm.wordpress.com › ascii-animations
ASCII-animations | gallery of original ASCII-art works by llizard aka ejm
September 26, 2021 - original Javascript ASCII-animations by llizard aka ejm These animations are entirely text based >> javascript animation tutorial>> llizardless animations>> animations featuring llizard>> other people's animations>> amazing javascript clock __ !/\ /\ | | / ` | | | ---%^^^, /__\ | | | __ |--| | / \/ > \ \__/ \__/ | | .…
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Ludd
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llizard's ascii art animation tutorial, part 1
The ROWS is the number of lines in each frame and the COLS is the width of the frame. It's a good idea to add a blank line at the top of your drawing so that you won't have unsightly scrollbar things (tantalizing people into thinking there is more to be seen) at the sides of the window of your animation.
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GitHub
github.com › topics › ascii-animation
ascii-animation · GitHub Topics · GitHub
A simple OOP c++ app for creating multiple ASCII animations in the console. ascii-art ascii-graphics ascii-animation ascii-animator
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LabEx
labex.io › tutorials › python-ascii-art-animation-with-opencv-298850
ASCII Art Animation | OpenCV Image Processing | Terminal Playback | LabEx
Learn how to convert images and videos into ASCII art animations using OpenCV, and play them in the terminal with cursor positioning and escape encoding.
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GitHub
github.blog › home › engineering › from pixels to characters: the engineering behind github copilot cli’s animated ascii banner
From pixels to characters: The engineering behind GitHub Copilot CLI’s animated ASCII banner - The GitHub Blog
January 28, 2026 - Learn how GitHub built an accessible, multi-terminal-safe ASCII animation for the Copilot CLI using custom tooling, ANSI color roles, and advanced terminal engineering. ... Most people think ASCII art is simple, and a nostalgic remnant of the early internet.
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Reddit
reddit.com › r/learnprogramming › how and where to learn ascii animation?
r/learnprogramming on Reddit: How and where to learn ASCII animation?
October 31, 2021 -

Here is an example of what I want to do https://youtu.be/xWzXNo5uQMI

Not in that level because it is far beyond what I know now

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Is-a
rahulc0dy.is-a.dev › stories › the-fun-of-ascii-art-and-animations
The fun of ASCII art and animations
July 5, 2025 - So, how do the ascii animations work? It is essentially like all other animations with frames which swap in a sequence.
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GitHub
github.com › mu-ct › awesome-ascii-animation
GitHub - mu-ct/awesome-ascii-animation: A curated list of ASCII art animation tools, generators, and resources · GitHub
ascii-art - Node.js library for generating ASCII art text and image conversions. gif-frames - Extract frames from GIF files (useful for ASCII animation pipelines).
Author   mu-ct