Command-line tool

jp2a

brew/jp2a

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Convert JPG images to ASCII

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install jp2a

Linux

brew install jp2a

Read JPEG image from a file and print in ASCII

jp2a path/to/image.jpeg

Read JPEG image from a URL and print in ASCII

jp2a www.example.com/image.jpeg

Colorize the ASCII output

jp2a --colors path/to/image.jpeg

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