Show HN: AsciiSketch a free browser-based ASCII art and diagram editor

(files.littlebird.com.au)

49 points | by schappim 3 days ago ago

8 comments

  • greggman65 3 days ago

    I've never made one of these so I have no idea what all the issues are but I feel like I want it to act like presentation software. I want to be able to connect boxes with lines/arrows, then drag the boxes and have the lines stay connected to the boxes. I probably also want group things like I can in most structured drawing programs. Maybe that doesn't work well with ASCII

    Like a simple example, I expect if have a object selected and press Cmd/Ctrl-C, Cmd/Ctrl-V I get a duplicate.

    These interactions seem like basic table stakes

  • ynac 3 days ago

    Very Monodraw-like, but web-based. Same UI makes it an easy road replacement. I'll put it on my start page for when I'm not on my own machine.

    • schappim 3 days ago

      100% inspired by Monodraw.

  • ChrisArchitect 3 days ago

    Similar-ish:

    Show HN: ASCII based Figma like editor

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46594292

    Both strong efforts.

    • schappim 3 days ago

      This is better than what I've thrown together, 100% recommend, would have used it if I'd known about it!

  • dandersch 3 days ago

    Claude code seems to have gotten the backslashes in your circles mixed up. They look more round when \ is / and vice versa.

  • prabal97 3 days ago

    Wow! That was cool to play with.

    1. How does one erase the drawings made with the pencil tool? 2. How'd you make this? Is this FOSS?

    • schappim 3 days ago

      1. It just removes the char

      2. CC + minor tweaks by hand.

      3. Yup, go nuts, view source and pull it apart.