# Svgbob

> Converts ASCII art diagrams into SVG.

- Category: [Diagrams as code](https://awesomedataviz.com/categories/diagrams-as-code/)
- Website: http://ivanceras.github.io/svgbob-editor/
- Repository: https://github.com/ivanceras/svgbob
- License: Apache-2.0
- Language: Rust
- Status: Maintained (commits in the last 12 months)
- GitHub stars: 4,235
- Commits in the last 12 months: 2
- Contributors: 16
- Last commit: Mar 12, 2026
- Latest release: 0.5.5 (Aug 16, 2021)
- Install (crates.io): `cargo add svgbob`, 67.4K downloads per 90 days
- Topics: Terminal & command-line charts, Diagrams & diagrams as code

## Overview

Svgbob is an open-source diagram-as-code tool released under the Apache-2.0 license. Its GitHub repository has 4,235 stars, 127 forks, and 16 contributors. It is maintained with 2 commits in the last 12 months; the most recent commit was on Mar 12, 2026. The latest release, 0.5.5, was published on Aug 16, 2021. On crates.io it is downloaded about 67.4K times per 90 days.

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