Charly

A browser-based Next.js app that turns an uploaded avatar into colored or monochrome ASCII art, with a real-time preview and PNG or SVG export.

This project was conceived, designed, and built entirely with AI.

Features

• Local image upload with validation
• Colored and monochrome ASCII rendering
• Adjustable resolution, character presets, brightness, contrast, inversion, and background color
• Real-time canvas preview
• PNG and SVG export
• Copy-ready Markdown snippet for GitHub READMEs
• Fully client-side image processing

Getting started

1. Install dependencies: npm install
2. Start the development server: npm run dev
3. Open http://localhost:3000

Scripts

• npm run dev
• npm run build
• npm run start
• npm run test

Privacy

All image processing happens locally in the browser. Uploaded images are not sent to a server.