aasvg

Turn ASCII art diagrams into SVG.

Python port of aasvg, which uses a heavily modified copy of markdeep.

Install

pip install aasvg

Usage

aasvg < diagram.txt > output.svg
aasvg --scale 10 --backdrop < diagram.txt > output.svg
echo '-->' | aasvg --embed > file.svg

Or as a library:

from aasvg import diagram_to_ir
from aasvg.render.svg import render_svg

elements = diagram_to_ir(ascii_art_text, options={"scale": 10})
svg = render_svg(elements, stylesheet=default_css, options=options)

Options

Option	Description	Default
--spaces N	Split text after N spaces (0 = char by char)	2
--scale N	Pixels per character cell	8
--aspect N	Vertical scale multiplier	2
--stroke N	Line stroke width	1
--stretch	Stretch text to fit grid	off
--fill	Omit width/height attributes	off
--width N	Viewbox width in characters	auto
--height N	Viewbox height in characters	auto
--arrow solid|line	Arrowhead style	solid
--backdrop	Add white backdrop	off
--embed	Embed source in SVG	off
--extract	Extract embedded source from SVG	off
--no-text	Disable text rendering	off
--grid	Debug grid overlay	off
--source	Source character overlay	off
--compatible	Disable dark mode CSS	off
--version	Show version
--help	Show help

License

Apache-2.0