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Versatile ASCII and ANSI Art text editor for drawing in the terminal. Version 0.29.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Versatile ASCII and ANSI Art text editor for drawing in the terminal
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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.
Sources
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 bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
durdraw | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
durfetch | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
durview | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
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 generated2026-08-03
manager version0.29.0
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:durdraw |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.29.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://durdraw.org |
| Repository | https://github.com/cmang/durdraw |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation