textual-paint/README.md

textual-paint

What if MS Paint isn't retro enough? You need Paint in your terminal.

This is a TUI (Text User Interface) image editor, inspired by MS Paint, and built with Textual.

Development

Install Textual and Stransi:

pip install "textual[dev]" "stransi"

Run supporting live-reloading CSS:

textual run --dev paint.py

Or run normally:

python paint.py

License

MIT

Unicode Symbols and Emojis for Paint Tools

• Free-Form Select: ✂️📐🆓🕸✨⚝🫥🇫/🇸◌
• Rectangular Select: ⬚▧🔲
• Eraser/Color Eraser: 🧼🧽🧹🚫👋🗑️
• Fill With Color: 🌊💦💧🌈🎉🎊🪣🫗
• Pick Color: 🎨💉💅💧📌📍⤤𝀃🝯🍶
• Magnifier: 🔍🔎👀🔬🔭🧐🕵️‍♂️🕵️‍♀️
• Pencil: ✏️✎✍️🖎🖊️🖋️✒️🖆📝🖍️
• Brush: 🖌️🖌👨‍🎨🧑‍🎨💅
• Airbrush: 💨ᖜ╔🧴🥤🫠
• Text: 🆎📝📄📃🔤📜AＡ
• Line: 📏📉📈⟍𝈏⧹
• Curve: ↪️🪝🌙〰️◡◠~∼≈∽∿〜〰﹋﹏≈≋～
• Rectangle: ▭▬▮▯◼️◻️⬜⬛🟧🟩
• Polygon: ▙𝗟𝙇⬣⬟△▲🔺🔻🔷🔶
• Ellipse: ⬭🔴🔵🔶🔷🔸🔹🟠🟡🟢🟣🫧
• Rounded Rectangle: ▢⬜⬛

See Also

• JavE, an advanced Java-based ASCII art editor
• Playscii, a beautiful ASCII/ANSI art editor
• cmdpxl, a pixel art editor for the terminal using the keyboard
• pypixelart, a pixel art editor using vim-like keybindings, inspired by cmdpxl but not terminal-based