--- title: GitHub - lardissone/ansi-saver: ANSI art screensaver for... description: AnsiSaver is an open-source macOS screensaver that streams and renders ANSI art from the 16colo.rs BBS archive. It uses libansilove to render .ANS, .ICE, .ASC,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/github---lardissone-ansi-saver-ansi-art-screensaver-for-macos-streams-art-from-16colo-rs-bbs-arch-lapveygbd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GitHub - lardissone/ansi-saver: ANSI art screensaver for macOS — streams art from 16colo.rs BBS archive packs | daily.dev og:description: AnsiSaver is an open-source macOS screensaver that streams and renders ANSI art from the 16colo.rs BBS archive. It uses libansilove to render .ANS, .ICE, .ASC,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/github---lardissone-ansi-saver-ansi-art-screensaver-for-macos-streams-art-from-16colo-rs-bbs-arch-lapveygbd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lAPVeYgbd.png og:image:alt: GitHub - lardissone/ansi-saver: ANSI art screensaver for macOS — streams art from 16colo.rs BBS archive packs og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GitHub - lardissone/ansi-saver: ANSI art screensaver for macOS — streams art from 16colo.rs BBS archive packs **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AnsiSaver is an open-source macOS screensaver that streams and renders ANSI art from the 16colo.rs BBS archive. It uses libansilove to render .ANS, .ICE, .ASC, .BIN, and other legacy art formats with authentic CP437 fonts, then displays them via Core Animation at 60fps. Features include continuous scroll mode, crossfade transitions, configurable scroll speed and render scale (up to 4x for Retina displays), and support for local ANSI art folders. Available as a prebuilt binary for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, or buildable from source via Xcode and Homebrew. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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