Versatile and fast Unicode/ASCII/ANSI graphics renderer (source files)
chafa_source-1.12.4-3-source
Chafa is a command-line utility that converts all kinds of images, including animated GIFs, into sixel or ANSI/Unicode character output that can be displayed in a terminal.
It is highly configurable, with support for alpha transparency and multiple color modes and color spaces, combining selectable ranges of Unicode characters to produce the desired output.