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Pxltrm

🖌️ pxltrm - [WIP] A pixel art editor inside the terminal

Install / Use

/learn @dylanaraps/Pxltrm
About this skill

Quality Score

0/100

Supported Platforms

Universal

README

<h3 align="center"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/wSBAGO8.png" alt="logo" height="150px"></h3> <p align="center">A [WIP] pixel art editor inside the terminal.</p> <p align="center"> <a href="https://discord.gg/enF5Gjd"><img src="https://img.shields.io/discord/440354555197128704.svg"></a> <a href="https://travis-ci.com/dylanaraps/pxltrm"><img src="https://travis-ci.com/dylanaraps/pxltrm.svg?branch=master"></a> <a href="./LICENSE.md"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg"></a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/dyla"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/donate-patreon-yellow.svg"></a> <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=V7QNJNKS3WYVS"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/donate-paypal-green.svg"></a> </p>

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/njPMM2m.png" alt="pxltrm" align="right" width="51%">

pxltrm is a terminal pixel art editor written in pure bash. Draw pixel art without a mouse using intuitive hotkeys.

  • Fast (Less than 150 lines of pure bash).
  • Lightweight (Low on CPU/Memory usage).
  • Supports 256 color terminal palette.
  • Supports all hex colors (through true-color terminals).
  • Undo/Redo of open screens.
  • Save/Load screens.
  • View saved screens with cat.
  • Use any character or string as a brush.
  • Responds to window resize.
  • Vim hjkl movement.

Note: This is a work in-progress. When you break it, let me know!

Dependencies

  • bash 3.2+

Installation

  • Move pxltrm somewhere in your $PATH.

TODO

  • [ ] Export to plain text (chars + whitespace + colors)
  • [ ] Export to ppm or bpm.
  • [ ] Manual.

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Donations allow me to spend more time working on pxltrm<br>and my other Open Source projects. If you like pxltrm and<br>want to give back in some way you can donate below.

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