▼ About this tool
Turn any image into ASCII art directly in your browser. Drop in a photo, a logo or a screenshot and the converter reads its brightness values and maps them onto text characters, rebuilding the picture out of letters, digits and symbols. Everything happens locally with a live preview, so you can watch the ASCII update as you adjust it — nothing is uploaded to a server.
Fine-tune the output to match the look you want. Set the resolution to trade detail for a cleaner, chunkier feel, swap the character ramp for denser or sparser glyphs, and invert light and dark to suit photos with bright or shadowy backgrounds. Keep the original colors for a vivid photo-to-ASCII effect, or drop to classic terminal green or plain black-and-white text art. Portraits, pets, game sprites and product shots all convert well — anything with a recognisable subject and decent contrast.
When you are happy, export a high-resolution PNG for sharing or copy the raw text to paste into a README, code comment, chat message or forum post. It is free, needs no account, and adds no watermark.
Upload an image or drag it onto the canvas. The tool samples the pixels and maps brightness to characters instantly. Adjust the resolution, character set and colors, then export the result as PNG or plain text.
Common web formats such as JPG, PNG, WEBP and GIF work. Photos, logos and screenshots all convert; high-contrast images with a clear subject give the sharpest ASCII output.
Yes. The converter runs entirely in your browser at no cost, with no sign-up or watermark. Your image is processed locally and never uploaded to a server.
Yes. Choose colored output to tint each character with the color sampled from that part of the photo, or switch to classic monochrome green or black-and-white text art.