hoopoe-player is an open-source command-line tool that enables users to play any video as colorful ASCII art in their terminal. It supports YouTube and local videos, providing a unique and creative video playback experience for developers and terminal users.
hoopoe-player is a Developer Tools product. It allows users to watch videos as ASCII art directly in the terminal, adding a creative way to view video content. hoopoe-player is an open-source project aimed at developers and terminal enthusiasts. The project is open source (MIT). The product ships for the web and the command line.
axol8002 builds and maintains hoopoe-player, and the product first shipped in 2026. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 46 commits in the last 90 days. Across PulseGate's embedding index, hoopoe-player has few near neighbours, marking it as relatively distinct. Among its 5 catalogued features are ASCII video playback, terminal player, and youTube support.
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