bas3line/ascii
Animated ascii art for web pages, in TypeScript: React, Next.js, Astro, or one HTML tag
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Sponsored by Cloudflare Animated ascii art for web pages. 169 pieces for React, Next.js, Astro or plain HTML. ascii.rest · install · pieces · contributing [](https://github.com/bas3line) [](https://github.com/bas3line/ascii/actions/workflows/ci.yml) [](LICENSE) [](src/types.ts) Written in TypeScript by @bas3line. 196 pieces, from full-colour scenes to loaders, charts, language logos, Linux distros, spinning shapes and physics. The donut above turns on a page with one tag: . See them all at ascii.rest. I've always been a fan of Markdown files and terminal-style websites: plain text, one monospace face, nothing that moves without a reason. The kind of quiet web that planetscale.com does well. So I made this, a way to put a little motion on pages like that without giving up the style. If you like minimalism, this library is for you. Or skip installing: the HTML tag loads everything from ascii.rest. Ascii is a client component ("use client"), so it goes straight into the Next.js…
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- ascii.rest
- Why
- Install
- React and Next.js
- Astro
- HTML, no build step
- In a GitHub README
- TypeScript, anywhere
- API
- mount(element, piece, options?)
- load, names, canvas, isPiece
- (React)
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What this repository does
Animated ascii art for web pages, in TypeScript: React, Next.js, Astro, or one HTML tag
Repository facts
- Owner
- bas3line
- Primary language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 452
- Forks
- 24
- Open issues + pull requests
- 1
- License
- MIT
- Archived
- No
- Default branch
- main
- Created
- 2026-10-07T06:48:54.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-10-08T11:48:41.000Z
Topics and intended use
Owner-supplied topics: animation, ascii, ascii-art, astro, nextjs, react, typescript, web-components
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