ANSIpants16M 2.0.2 (43) · updated 2026-10-16
Includes anscat, a tiny viewer for classic .ans files.Also includes the ANSIpants VGA font (ANSIpantsVGA.ttf).
The installer puts it in your user font folder; set your terminal to it, then run “ansipants --font vga” once.
tar -xzf ansipants16m-linux-*.tar.gz ./install.sh ansipants
Runs on Windows under WSL.
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine ansipants16m-macos*.tar.gz tar -xzf ansipants16m-macos*.tar.gz ./install.sh ansipants
The xattr line clears Gatekeeper's quarantine.
Or use System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.Needs macOS 11+ (Apple Silicon) or 10.14.4+ (Intel, Universal).
sha256 x86_64: a752feee5d93ed2fd28406ea721e1b36d93422f94c99a4384c01ce0424b269ef
sha256 aarch64: dcecad16e12233f615f929a5a518052deffb4ad88151ab8a0160e8bbab96e9c3
sha256 macOS: 5b55596f836f6d703b57aab967e415e244b5fcc7a68f32e8235a4c5ccf28b1ac
sha256 macOS uni: 6b6a351c0544b9cd3a5424100bfd2d8a7ad1b6fa52546b0f96a233dd6f9956db
Boxes, ovals, fills, and freehand strokes.
Great on iPad. Drawing ANSI art just feels natural.
Full classic CP437, or browse all of Unicode.
Compose, add and shift across multiple layers.
Open and save classic .ANS files, SAUCE and all.
Render your art to an image for sharing anywhere.
Trace over a picture, or convert it.
The same editor everywhere.