Command-line tool

tplay

cargo/tplay

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

A media player that visualizes images and videos as ASCII art directly in the terminal (with sound).

Source

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

cargo install tplay

macOS

cargo install tplay

Linux

cargo install tplay

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