svgbob ☆

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Description:
Convert your ascii diagram scribbles into happy little SVG

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: ascii svg diagram visualization cli

Install: brew install svgbob

About:
Svgbob is a command-line tool that parses ASCII art diagrams and renders them into high-quality SVG vector graphics. It intelligently interprets characters like slashes, underscores, and pipes to construct geometric shapes, lines, and flowcharts. This allows developers to create diagrams directly within plain text files, which can then be version-controlled alongside code.

Key Features:

Converts ASCII diagrams to scalable SVG
Preserves text within diagram shapes
Supports various shapes like boxes, circles, and arrows
Command-line interface for easy scripting

Use Cases:

Embedding diagrams in Markdown documentation
Creating flowcharts in source code comments
Generating technical schematics for wikis

Alternatives:

ditaa – ditaa converts ASCII art to PNG, whereas Svgbob produces SVG which scales better.
blockdiag – blockdiag uses a specific syntax to generate diagrams, while Svgbob uses standard ASCII art.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 13, 2024 12:37am		0	VERSION_BUMP	b9eb05f4