stong / gradscii-art
An extremely good ASCII art generator, based on machine learning
Why this job: works in the areas we cover, but does not say which job it does
What it does
- Gradient Descent Optimization. Uses PyTorch and AdamW to optimize character placement
- GPU Acceleration. Runs on Apple Silicon (MPS), CUDA, or CPU
- CP437 Support. Full support for IBM PC Code Page 437 (Epson receipt printers)
- Multiple Presets. Pre-configured settings for receipt printers and Discord text blocks
- Vectorized Rendering. Fast GPU-accelerated character composition
Get started
python train.py test.png- Maintenance
- Inactive
- Last commit 9 months ago
- Stars
- 271
- +2 this week
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- Share-alike, even hosted
- Downloads for
- None listed
- No release files
- Latest version
- None yet
- No releases
- Built with
- Python
- 100% of the code
Is it looked after?
- Contributors
- Not stated
- Last 90 days
- Issues
- 0% closed
- 3 still open
- Pull requests
- 0 merged
- 1 waiting
- Releases
- None
- Never published
- No contributing guide
- No security policy
- No code of conduct
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More: languages, topics and project record
Languages
- Python 100%
Topics
- ascii-art
- machine-learning
Project record
- JobOther AI tools
- StatusListed
- Commits27
- Forks8
- Watching2
- Stars in 28 days+3
- CreatedJan 23, 2026
- First seen by usNov 7, 2026
- CheckedNov 8, 2026