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@forgelabs-studio/ascii

v0.1.0

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Image-to-ASCII-art component generator for React. Configure visually, own the generated files.

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@forgelabs-studio/ascii

Image-to-ASCII-art component generator for React. Configure visually in the playground, install with one command, and own the generated files.

→ Open the playground

Quick Start

npx @forgelabs-studio/ascii add ascii

This writes two local files into your project:

components/forge/ForgeAscii.tsx
components/forge/ForgeAscii.css

You own these files. Edit them freely. Zero runtime dependency on @forgelabs-studio/ascii or any other FORGE package - the generated component only imports react.

CLI Reference

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | npx @forgelabs-studio/ascii add ascii | Add the ascii component | | npx @forgelabs-studio/ascii list | List available and installed components | | npx @forgelabs-studio/ascii update ascii | Regenerate with saved config | | npx @forgelabs-studio/ascii remove ascii | Remove component files | | npx @forgelabs-studio/ascii check | Compare installed component version with npm |

Flags

| Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | --color | Character colour (hex) | | --density | Output columns, 1-200 | | --charset | standard | block | braille | minimal | | --animation | none | fadein | scanline | flicker | wave | glitch | | --duration | Animation duration in ms |

How it works

ForgeAscii converts an uploaded PNG/JPG to ASCII art entirely client-side, synchronously on the main thread - no Web Worker, no canvas. That's intentional: the generated output is a single self-contained file pair, and the conversion is fast enough for the image sizes a person uploads by hand. If you need this on a hot path with very large images, resize them client-side before converting.

Config Files

FORGE.ascii uses two small project files, namespaced so they coexist safely with FORGE.motion's config in the same project:

  • forge.config.json stores component props used by update.
  • .forge.json stores installed component versions used by check.

Philosophy

FORGE.ascii uses the same ownership-first model as FORGE.ui and FORGE.motion. The CLI generates local files with zero runtime dependency on any FORGE package.

Licence

MIT