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whatthejeff/drawille
====================

Terminal drawing with braille

v1.0.1(11y ago)10387321MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

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php-drawille
============

[](#php-drawille)

Terminal drawing with [braille](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille).

[![Octocat example](docs/images/octocat.png)](docs/images/octocat.png)

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

php-drawille requires PHP 5.4.0 or later.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The recommended way to install php-drawille is [through composer](http://getcomposer.org). Just create a `composer.json` file and run the `php composer.phar install` command to install it:

```
{
    "require": {
        "whatthejeff/drawille": "~1.0"
    }
}
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Drawille\Canvas;

$canvas = new Canvas();

for($x = 0; $x set($x / 10, 10 + sin($x * M_PI / 180) * 10);
}

echo $canvas->frame(), "\n";
```

[![Usage example](docs/images/sin.png)](docs/images/sin.png)

```
use Drawille\Turtle;

$turtle = new Turtle();

for($x = 0; $x < 36; $x++) {
    $turtle->right(10);

    for($y = 0; $y < 36; $y++) {
        $turtle->right(10);
        $turtle->forward(8);
    }
}

echo $turtle->frame(), "\n";
```

[![Turtle example](docs/images/turtle.png)](docs/images/turtle.png)

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

To use the scripts in the [examples](examples) directory, you need to install the dependencies with composer.

```
$ cd examples
$ php composer.phar install
$ ./img2term.php --fab --threshold 600 ~/Pictures/sb.png

```

[![img2term example](docs/images/sb.png)](docs/images/sb.png)

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/829cf60ab4cf222715bb734a26134a20aa88c7389c87133868f759d50677b221/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f776861747468656a6566662f7068702d64726177696c6c652e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/whatthejeff/php-drawille)

To run the test suite, you need [composer](http://getcomposer.org).

```
$ php composer.phar install
$ vendor/bin/phpunit

```

Acknowledgements
----------------

[](#acknowledgements)

php-drawille is a port of [drawille](https://github.com/asciimoo/drawille).

License
-------

[](#license)

php-drawille is licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~1 days

Total

2

Last Release

4366d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adbe017ebec901082c02ab3fd307196b2a1c9103c27c8e4327ba5ca25252a8d6?d=identicon)[whatthejeff](/maintainers/whatthejeff)

---

Top Contributors

[![whatthejeff](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/306525?v=4)](https://github.com/whatthejeff "whatthejeff (17 commits)")

---

Tags

consoleterminaldrawingTurtlebraille

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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