Word Counter is a fast word counting and text analysis tool with 75+ live statistics, designed to help you understand your text beyond the basics with readability scores, frequency insights, and practical checks that are useful for writing, SEO, and clean copy.

Features:

• Real-time word count plus 75+ text metrics
• Readability scoring (Flesch Reading Ease and Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level)
• Word Frequency analysis (Words, Bigrams, Trigrams) with "Hide common words"
• Hidden character detection (zero-width characters and bidirectional controls)
• Character breakdown and export options (TXT and CSV)
• 100% browser-based, your text never leaves your device

Try it here: https://www.asciiart.eu/tools/word-counter

A new animation has arrived! ASCII Horizon creates a fake 3D perspective effect where characters scroll toward an endless horizon line.

Features:

• Adjustable horizon position and height
• Multiple character sets including blocks, braille and geometric shapes
• Wave distortion for a wavy, psychedelic look
• Perspective strength control
• Movable vanishing point
• Forward and backward scrolling direction
• 8 color palettes plus a default option that follows your theme

Inspired by classic demoscene effects. Try it out at ASCII Horizon.

Introducing the ASCII Validator – a tool for checking character compatibility and detecting hidden issues in your ASCII art.

Features:

• Real-time validation with visual highlighting of non-ASCII characters
• Character Set Classification: Pure ASCII, CP437, Extended Latin, Unicode
• Art Detection: ANSI, Block Art, Braille, Kaomoji, Emoji
• Formatting Detection: HTML entities, BBCode, IRC colors, Base64
• Security Checks: Invisible chars (AI watermarks), homoglyphs, bidirectional text
• Quality Checks: BOM, mixed line endings, tabs, trailing whitespace, long lines

Click any highlighted character for detailed Unicode info. Integrates with Text Cleaner, Case Converter, and other tools via "Send to" menu.

Try the ASCII Validator →

Introducing ASCII Spinning Shapes – a mesmerizing new animation featuring 40+ geometric forms rendered using signed distance field (SDF) techniques.

Key Features:

• 40+ Shapes: From basic squares and circles to stars, hearts, spirals, yin-yang, and more
• Distance Field Rendering: Watch each character display its mathematical distance to the nearest shape boundary
• Pulsing Animation: Shapes smoothly grow and shrink in a hypnotic rhythm
• Rotation Control: Adjust speed and toggle between clockwise and counter-clockwise
• Color Palettes: Choose from Mono, Rainbow, Fire, Ocean, Neon, or Sunset
• Multiple Charsets: Visualize with digits, blocks, shades, or dots
• Fill Options: Customize what's displayed inside the shapes

A blend of mathematics and ASCII art that transforms simple distance calculations into captivating visual patterns.

Check out ASCII Spinning Shapes and explore all 40+ geometric forms!

Introducing ASCII Border Maker – a new tool for creating decorative text borders in both pure ASCII and Unicode.

Features:

• Three Design Modes: Simple (single character), Block (repeating pattern), or Combo (unique corners and edges)
• Border Gallery: Browse 32 pre-made borders including classic box-drawing, decorative patterns, and artistic designs
• Real-Time Preview: See your border update instantly as you edit
• Adjustable Dimensions: Set custom width and height with easy sliders
• Pattern Validation: Automatic warnings for dimension mismatches in Combo mode
• Export Options: Download as TXT, PNG, JPG, or GIF
• Retro Color Themes: Preview in classic styles like Commodore 64, DOS Blue, Terminal Amber, and more
• Auto-Save: Your work is saved automatically in your browser
• Gallery Integration: Open any border from the gallery directly in the Maker

Visit ASCII Borders to start creating!

The ASCII Dividers tool is now live! Create beautiful text dividers with a simple three-part editor:

• Start/Content/End sections – Build dividers with optional start and end caps, and a repeating content pattern
• Adjustable width – Set target width from 20 to 180 characters with instant preview
• Export options – Copy to clipboard or download as TXT, PNG, JPG, or GIF
• Retro color themes – Preview in classic styles like C64, DOS Blue, Terminal Amber, and more
• Auto-save – Your work is saved in the browser so you can pick up where you left off
• Gallery integration – Open any divider from the gallery directly in the Maker

Visit ASCII Dividers Maker to start creating!

Introducing ASCII Fun - a new section dedicated to the lighter side of ASCII art!

Explore three categories:

• Fun Facts - Interesting trivia about ASCII art history and culture
• Jokes - Light-hearted humor about terminals, encoding, and text art
• Weird & Wonderful - Surprising oddities with code examples

Perfect for quick reads and shareable trivia!

New tool added: Character Counter - A unique character counting tool with per-line statistics displayed in a Word/Excel-inspired editor. Perfect for ASCII art where line length matters, social media posts, and SEO content.

Features include:

• Per-line character count with line numbers
• Detailed statistics: characters, words, sentences, paragraphs, lines
• Character breakdown: letters, numbers, vowels, consonants, emojis
• Character frequency analysis with visual bar chart
• Live character limits for Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and more
• Reading and speaking time estimates

New tool added: Case Converter - A versatile text transformation tool that converts text between different letter cases. Perfect for formatting titles, code identifiers, or just having fun with text styles.

Available conversions:

• UPPERCASE, lowercase, Title Case, Sentence case
• camelCase, PascalCase, snake_case, kebab-case
• CONSTANT_CASE, dot.case, path/case
• aLtErNaTiNg CaSe, iNVERSE cASE, ReVeRsEd

New tool added: Text Cleaner - A powerful text cleaning tool that removes invisible characters, AI watermarks, and unwanted formatting from your text. Perfect for cleaning ASCII art before sharing, ensuring consistent rendering across different platforms.

Features include:

• Remove AI watermarks and invisible tracking characters
• Normalize whitespace, line endings, quotes, and dashes
• Strip HTML tags, BBCode, and decode entities
• Multiple presets for common use cases
• Unique character analysis with selective removal
• 100% browser-based - your text never leaves your device

We have added 8 brand-new interactive ASCII animations. Check them out:

• Matrix Rain
• Spinning Donut
• Kaleidoscope
• Radio Waves
• Tunnel
• Rotating Galaxy
• Plasma
• Rain Drops

Browse the full collection here.

New tool

New tool added: ASCII Art Analyzer. Paste or upload ASCII art to get detailed stats like width/height, total characters, unique characters, density, and byte size. It also includes an ASCII Art Level (complexity score), character frequency, detected style, and character set classification and much more!

Small fixes

A handful of smaller fixes and polish improvements were also shipped across the site.

We have released three new animations, and more are on the way as we continue to improve the site.

During the first week after the v2 launch, we have also fixed a bunch of bugs that surfaced with the new release. Thanks to everyone who reported issues and helped us track them down.

Finally, we have improved the overall theme experience, and both Light Mode and Dark Mode now work smoothly and consistently across the site.

More updates coming soon!

You are currently viewing version 2 of ASCII Art Archive. We could not wait any longer to share the new version, so it is live while we are still polishing a few things.

What is still missing or incomplete:

• Some pages/layouts are not fully optimized yet
• Search and filtering will be improved and expanded
• More categories and ASCII art are being added continuously

Coming soon:

• Login and user accounts are planned for early next year
• Border, divider and pattern features are on the way – the prototypes are ready, but we are still polishing the code
• The option to choose different color schemes is currently being tested and refined

We have updated ASCII Art Archive with a new structure and layout to make it easier to browse and enjoy ASCII art, and the site is now more mobile-friendly than before. More improvements are on the way, and new updates and enhancements are rolled out every week.

If you notice any bugs or have suggestions, feel free to contact us. Thanks for your patience while we improve the site!