readmes

Animated ASCII art for your profile

Small animated kaomoji and text art for GitHub profile READMEs: cats, 2channel classics, Reddit and 4chan memes, cute and gloomy moods. Pick one, copy the Markdown, done.

Gallery

All 30 sets, animating live. Each name is also its URL.

URL builder

Preview

Preview of the configured art

All options

Options are path segments after https://readmes.pages.dev/ascii/, in any order. A trailing .svg is allowed. An unknown option renders a small error badge.

What to show

OptionEffect
<art name>One art set by name, for example owata, table-flip or cat-walk. See the gallery.
kawaii, meme, cat, yami, reddit, 4chan, 2chA random art set from that tag.
randomA random art set from everything (default when no name or tag is given).
dailyOne art set per day, changing at 00:00 UTC; combine with a tag to limit the pool.

Look

OptionEffect
size-NFont size in pixels, 12 to 64 (default 22).
cardDraw a rounded card behind the art.
border-NCard border width in pixels, 0 to 8; implies card.
color-RRGGBBText (and border) color as 3 or 6 hex digits without #.
rainbowCycle the text through soft rainbow colors.
autoFollow the viewer's light or dark preference (default).
light, darkForce a theme.
transparentNo card background even with card.
left, centerOverride the alignment of the art.

Motion

OptionEffect
speed-NPlayback speed in percent, 25 to 400 (default 100).
bounceGently bob the whole art up and down.
staticShow only the first frame, without animation.

Add your own art

The demo never accepts uploads or custom text. To add your own sets, copy the template repository, add entries to the art list and deploy it to your own Cloudflare Pages project.