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Versatile ASCII and ANSI Art text editor for drawing in the terminal. Version 0.31.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-10-19. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install durdraw.

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install durdraw

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install durdraw

Debian stable package indexes · durdraw · source: deb.debian.org

overview

Package summary

Versatile ASCII and ANSI Art text editor for drawing in the terminal

Commands and aliases

  • durdraw
  • durfetch
  • durview

history

Project history and usage

Durdraw is a terminal ASCII, Unicode, and ANSI art editor for Unix-like systems. Its history is tied to preserving old ANSI-art-editor workflows while adapting them to modern UTF-8 terminals, Python, ncurses, mouse input, themes, and frame-based animation.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in March 2014. The README describes Durdraw as heavily inspired by classic MS-DOS and Windows ANSI editors such as TheDraw, Aciddraw, and Pablodraw, but rebuilt with a modern Unix orientation.

The project grew beyond static text art into playback, frame animation, ANSI and CP437 handling, Unicode conversion, HTML and mIRC output, themes, and companion tools such as `durfetch` and `durview`.

Adoption history

Durdraw's README points users to OS repositories, source installation, and direct GitHub-based pip installs. Its Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu packaging place it in the niche but durable category of terminal-art tools that survive because package managers make them easy to try.

Release activity remained visible into the mid-2020s, including the 0.29.0 GitHub release in March 2025. That is unusual longevity for a terminal art editor and helps explain its package-nerd appeal.

How it is used

Users run `durdraw` to edit or play `.dur`, `.ANS`, and `.ASC` files, use keyboard and mouse commands for drawing, and can set startup preferences in `~/.durdraw/durdraw.ini`. The README also documents theme files and custom character sets under `~/.durdraw/`.

Why package nerds care

Durdraw matters as a bridge between the ANSI art scene and modern Unix packaging. It gives package-manager users a maintained way to view and create CP437/ANSI-style art without a DOS environment, while keeping the interface terminal-native.

Timeline

  • 2014-03-28: GitHub repository created.
  • 2024-01-09: Durdraw 0.25.0 released on GitHub.
  • 2024-10-19: Durdraw 0.28.0 released.
  • 2025-03-08: Durdraw 0.29.0 released.

Related projects

  • The README names TheDraw, Aciddraw, and Pablodraw as direct inspirations. It also documents optional integration with ansilove for image export and Neofetch through the `durfetch` companion command.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
  • Installs with 3 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

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local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
~/.durdraw/durdraw.ini

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
durdrawcliglobal executable
durfetchcliglobal executable
durviewcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-11-04
manager version0.31.1
manager updated2026-10-19
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected0.31.1

https://github.com/cmang/durdraw

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:durdraw
Version0.31.1
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/durdraw
Homepagehttps://durdraw.org
Repositoryhttps://github.com/cmang/durdraw
Upstream docshttps://durdraw.org
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Source archivehttps://github.com/cmang/durdraw/archive/refs/tags/0.31.1.tar.gz
Last updated2026-10-19T16:43:46Z
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesansilove, pillow, python@3.15
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared
CaveatsDefault configuration and themes are installed to $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/durdraw

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namedurdraw
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

durdraw 0.29.0-2

versatile ASCII and ANSI Art text editor for drawing in terminal

https://durdraw.org

sudo apt install durdraw
  • Section: python
  • Architecture: all
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Durdraw
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: durdraw from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Ubuntu apt95%

durdraw 0.25.3-1

versatile ASCII and ANSI Art text editor for drawing in terminal

https://durdraw.org

sudo apt install durdraw
  • Section: universe/python
  • Architecture: all
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Durdraw
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: durdraw from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

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  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment
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  • pkgdb category and tag curation