AnsiGo

Description

AnsiGo is a simple ANSi to PNG converter written in pure Go. It converts files containing ANSi sequences (.ANS) into PNG images.

For a multi-format general purposes converter and library, check out Ansilove instead: https://www.ansilove.org

Features

• ANSi (.ANS) format support
• Small output file size (4-bit PNG)
• 80x25 font support: IBM PC (Code page 437) charset

Installation

Build and install with the go tool:

go build ansigo
go install ansigo

Alternatively, you can easily cross-compile binaries for other systems. See the Cross-compiling AnsiGo binaries section for instructions.

Usage

AnsiGo takes the input file as parameter:

ansigo inputfile

Cross-compiling AnsiGo binaries

Building Go for the required platform:

cd /usr/local/go/
CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 ./make.bash
CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 ./make.bash

Building Linux binaries:

CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o linux/amd64/ansigo ansigo
CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=386 go build -o linux/i386/ansigo ansigo

Building Windows binaries:

CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -o windows/amd64/ansigo.exe ansigo
CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=windows GOARCH=386 go build -o windows/i386/ansigo.exe ansigo

License

AnsiGo is released under the BSD 2-Clause license. See LICENSE file for details.

Author

AnsiGo is developed by Frederic Cambus.

• Site: https://www.cambus.net

Resources

GitHub: https://github.com/fcambus/ansigo

Sister project: https://www.ascii-codes.com