libcaca is a software library that converts images into colored ASCII art. It includes the library itself, and several programs including cacaview, an image viewer that works inside a terminal emulator, and img2txt, which can convert an image to other text-based formats.

Overview libcaca has been used in a variety of programs, including FFmpeg, VLC media player, and MPlayer.

libcaca is free software, licensed under WTFPL version 2.

Projects using libcaca Gnuplot MPlayer FFmpeg GStreamer VLC media player mpv (media player) ranger (file manager)

See also AAlib FFmpeg

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