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Port details on branch 2025Q1
chafa Character art facsimile generator
1.16.1_1 graphics on this many watch lists=2 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 1.14.5_1Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: ehaupt@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2021-02-09 00:11:47
Last Update: 2025-05-23 21:06:26
Commit Hash: f218e5e
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License: GPLv3 LGPL3+
WWW:
https://hpjansson.org/chafa/
Description:
Chafa is a command-line utility that converts all kinds of images, including animated GIFs, into sixel or ANSI/Unicode character output that can be displayed in a terminal. It is highly configurable, with support for alpha transparency and multiple color modes and color spaces, combining selectable ranges of Unicode characters to produce the desired output. The core functionality is provided by a C library with a public, well-documented API.
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Manual pages:
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. @ldconfig
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/chafa-1.16.1_1/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/chafa-1.16.1_1/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/chafa-1.16.1_1/GPLv3
  5. /usr/local/share/licenses/chafa-1.16.1_1/LGPL3+
  6. bin/chafa
  7. include/chafa/chafa-canvas-config.h
  8. include/chafa/chafa-canvas.h
  9. include/chafa/chafa-common.h
  10. include/chafa/chafa-features.h
  11. include/chafa/chafa-frame.h
  12. include/chafa/chafa-image.h
  13. include/chafa/chafa-placement.h
  14. include/chafa/chafa-symbol-map.h
  15. include/chafa/chafa-term-db.h
  16. include/chafa/chafa-term-info.h
  17. include/chafa/chafa-term-seq-def.h
  18. include/chafa/chafa-util.h
  19. include/chafa/chafa-version-macros.h
  20. include/chafa/chafa.h
  21. lib/chafa/include/chafaconfig.h
  22. lib/libchafa.a
  23. lib/libchafa.so
  24. lib/libchafa.so.0
  25. lib/libchafa.so.0.10.1
  26. libdata/pkgconfig/chafa.pc
  27. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/api-index-deprecated.html
  28. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/api-index-full.html
  29. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/new-api-index-1.16.html
  30. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/ch01.html
  31. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/ch02.html
  32. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-ChafaCanvas.html
  33. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-ChafaCanvasConfig.html
  34. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-ChafaFrame.html
  35. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-ChafaImage.html
  36. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-ChafaPlacement.html
  37. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-ChafaSymbolMap.html
  38. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-ChafaTermDb.html
  39. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-ChafaTermInfo.html
  40. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-Features.html
  41. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-Miscellaneous.html
  42. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-building.html
  43. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-using.html
  44. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa.devhelp2
  45. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/home.png
  46. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/index.html
  47. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/left-insensitive.png
  48. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/left.png
  49. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/new-api-index-1.10.html
  50. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/new-api-index-1.12.html
  51. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/new-api-index-1.14.html
  52. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/new-api-index-1.2.html
  53. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/new-api-index-1.4.html
  54. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/new-api-index-1.6.html
  55. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/new-api-index-1.8.html
  56. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/right-insensitive.png
  57. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/right.png
  58. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/style.css
  59. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/up-insensitive.png
  60. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/up.png
  61. share/man/man1/chafa.1.gz
  62. @owner
  63. @group
  64. @mode
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Dependency lines:
  • chafa>0:graphics/chafa
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/graphics/chafa/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install graphics/chafa
  • pkg install chafa
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: chafa
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1747805132 SHA256 (chafa-1.16.1.tar.xz) = 4a25debb71530baf0a748b15cfee6b8da6b513f696d9484987eaf410ecce1129 SIZE (chafa-1.16.1.tar.xz) = 1035536

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
chafa
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest1.14.5_11.16.1_1-1.14.5_11.16.1_1---
FreeBSD:13:quarterly1.14.5_11.14.5_1-1.14.5_11.14.5_1-1.12.5_3-
FreeBSD:14:latest1.14.5_11.16.1_1-1.14.5_11.16.1_1--1.12.5_1
FreeBSD:14:quarterly1.14.5_11.14.5_1-1.14.5_11.14.5_1-1.12.5_3-
FreeBSD:15:latest1.14.5_11.16.1_1n/a1.14.5_1n/a---
Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies:
  1. gettext-runtime>=0.22_1 : devel/gettext-runtime
Library dependencies:
  1. libavif.so : graphics/libavif
  2. libfreetype.so : print/freetype2
  3. libjxl_threads.so : graphics/libjxl
  4. libtiff.so : graphics/tiff
  5. libwebpdemux.so : graphics/webp
  6. libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
  7. libcairo.so : graphics/cairo
  8. libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so : graphics/gdk-pixbuf2
  9. libglib-2.0.so : devel/glib20
  10. libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
  11. librsvg-2.so : graphics/librsvg2-rust
  12. libjpeg.so : graphics/jpeg-turbo
  13. libMagick++-7.so : graphics/ImageMagick7
This port is required by:
for Build
  1. sysutils/fastfetch
for Libraries
  1. multimedia/kew
for Run
  1. graphics/wallhaven-cli
  2. sysutils/yazi
  3. x11-fonts/fnt

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for chafa-1.16.1_1: DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
graphics_chafa
USES:
cpe gettext-runtime gnome jpeg libtool magick:7 tar:xz
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Master Sites:
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  1. https://github.com/hpjansson/chafa/releases/download/1.16.1/
  2. https://hpjansson.org/chafa/releases/
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