GStars
    rastapasta

    rastapasta/mapscii

    🗺 MapSCII is a Braille & ASCII world map renderer for your console - enter => telnet mapscii.me <= on Mac (brew install telnet) and Linux, connect with PuTTY on Windows

    web
    ascii-art
    braille
    console
    console-application
    map
    JavaScript
    MIT
    9.3K stars
    298 forks
    109 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 9, 2026
    View on GitHub

    Build with Backblaze B2

    SDKs, agent skills, IDE extensions, and reference pipelines from Backblaze Labs. All open source.

    Explore Backblaze Labs

    Loading star history...

    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    The project lists 10 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Renders world maps in Braille and ASCII directly in console terminals using vector tiles and OpenStreetMap data.
    • Enables interactive, high-performance map exploration in text-based environments without graphical interfaces.
    • Use for visually impaired users needing accessible geographic data in terminal applications.
    • Use for developers wanting to integrate lightweight, terminal-based map visualizations into CLI tools.
    • Use for offline map exploration on systems without GUI support by leveraging local vector tile data.

    Should you depend on it?

    License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.

    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present

    Watch-outs

    • Warning: No commits in over a year (last push Nov 2024).

    General guidance from repository metadata, not legal advice. How we score

    From the README

    A node.js based Vector Tile to Braille and ASCII renderer for xterm-compatible terminals.

    If you're on Windows, use the open source telnet client PuTTY to connect.

    Excerpt from the rastapasta/mapscii README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Forks

    298+3

    Open issues

    56+4

    Compared with peers in Web

    Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 8, by 7-day star growth

    View category →
    rastapasta/mapscii compared with Web repositories by stars, 7-day star growth, health score and last release
    RepositoryStars+7dHealthLast release
    pingdotgg/t3code55.7K+12.2K75today
    pbakaus/impeccable107.6K+6.1K751 day ago
    meta/astryx22.8K+4.8K75today
    Renhuai123/ziwei-doushu17.5K+3.7K7526 days ago
    ranxianglei/billion-context6.3K+2.4K753 days ago
    rastapasta/mapscii9.3K—11—
    Category median22.8K+4.8K75—
    Compare mapscii with t3code, impeccable, astryx →

    Discover Repositories

    Search across tracked repositories by name or description