--- title: My favourite animation tool is FINALLY HERE | daily.dev description: ASCII Gen is a new tool that converts videos and PNG sequences into pure ASCII art animations for web applications. Unlike 3D renderers or video-based... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/my-favourite-animation-tool-is-finally-here-cymo6ppij twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: My favourite animation tool is FINALLY HERE | daily.dev og:description: ASCII Gen is a new tool that converts videos and PNG sequences into pure ASCII art animations for web applications. Unlike 3D renderers or video-based... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-favourite-animation-tool-is-finally-here-cymo6ppij og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/cYmO6ppij.png og:image:alt: My favourite animation tool is FINALLY HERE 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. # My favourite animation tool is FINALLY HERE **[developedbyed](https://daily.dev/sources/developedbyed)** · 8 min read · 39 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary ASCII Gen is a new tool that converts videos and PNG sequences into pure ASCII art animations for web applications. Unlike 3D renderers or video-based solutions that add significant bundle size, this approach generates lightweight text files (around 200KB total) that can be easily integrated into React, Vue, and other frameworks. The tool provides pre-made animations, a script for custom generation, and an upcoming terminal UI for local conversion. The creator validated demand through social media before launching, getting 5,000 likes on an initial post. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@scaredpanda** · 0 upvotes > Definitely going to use this. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [From pixels to characters: The engineering behind GitHub Copilot CLI’s animated ASCII banner](https://daily.dev/posts/from-pixels-to-characters-the-engineering-behind-github-copilot-cli-s-animated-ascii-banner-by6szkb17) · GitHub Blog · 152 upvotes · 8 comments --- Tags: [#cli](https://daily.dev/tags/cli), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#threejs](https://daily.dev/tags/threejs), [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/my-favourite-animation-tool-is-finally-here-cymo6ppij) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"My favourite animation tool is FINALLY HERE","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/my-favourite-animation-tool-is-finally-here-cymo6ppij","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/my-favourite-animation-tool-is-finally-here-cymo6ppij"},"datePublished":"2026-02-11T12:09:22.343Z","dateModified":"2026-04-02T02:14:40.376Z","description":"ASCII Gen is a new tool that converts videos and PNG sequences into pure ASCII art animations for web applications. 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