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Port details on branch 2026Q2
chafa Character art facsimile generator
1.18.2 graphics on this many watch lists=0 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 1.18.1Version 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: 2026-05-04 06:53:23
Commit Hash: 303fd332
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.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb

Manual pages:
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. @ldconfig
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/chafa-1.18.2/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/chafa-1.18.2/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/chafa-1.18.2/GPLv3
  5. /usr/local/share/licenses/chafa-1.18.2/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.0.11.2
  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/ch01.html
  30. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/ch02.html
  31. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-ChafaCanvas.html
  32. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-ChafaCanvasConfig.html
  33. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-ChafaFrame.html
  34. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-ChafaImage.html
  35. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-ChafaPlacement.html
  36. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-ChafaSymbolMap.html
  37. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-ChafaTermDb.html
  38. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-ChafaTermInfo.html
  39. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-Features.html
  40. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-Miscellaneous.html
  41. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-building.html
  42. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa-using.html
  43. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/chafa.devhelp2
  44. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/home.png
  45. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/index.html
  46. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/left-insensitive.png
  47. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/left.png
  48. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/new-api-index-1.10.html
  49. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/new-api-index-1.12.html
  50. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/new-api-index-1.14.html
  51. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/new-api-index-1.16.html
  52. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/new-api-index-1.18.html
  53. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/new-api-index-1.2.html
  54. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/new-api-index-1.4.html
  55. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/new-api-index-1.6.html
  56. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/new-api-index-1.8.html
  57. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/right-insensitive.png
  58. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/right.png
  59. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/style.css
  60. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/up-insensitive.png
  61. share/doc/chafa/html/chafa/up.png
  62. share/man/man1/chafa.1.gz
  63. @owner
  64. @group
  65. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
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 = 1777797214 SHA256 (chafa-1.18.2.tar.xz) = 0b8d9ba9f347e8b6c0c71878217c9b0e478b4a42aa4babea0bf20840567239c2 SIZE (chafa-1.18.2.tar.xz) = 1063448

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
chafa
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest1.18.11.18.1--1.18.1n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:13:quarterly1.18.11.18.1-1.16.1_11.18.1n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:14:latest1.18.21.18.2-1.16.2---1.12.5_1
FreeBSD:14:quarterly1.18.11.18.1-1.16.1_11.18.1-1.12.5_3-
FreeBSD:15:latest1.18.21.18.2n/a1.16.2n/an/a--
FreeBSD:15:quarterly1.18.11.18.1n/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:16:latest1.18.21.18.2n/a-n/an/a--
Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies:
  1. gettext-runtime>=0.26 : devel/gettext-runtime
Library dependencies:
  1. libavif.so : graphics/libavif
  2. libfreetype.so : print/freetype2
  3. libheif.so : graphics/libheif
  4. libjxl_threads.so : graphics/libjxl
  5. libtiff.so : graphics/tiff
  6. libwebpdemux.so : graphics/webp
  7. libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
  8. libcairo.so : graphics/cairo
  9. libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so : graphics/gdk-pixbuf2
  10. libglib-2.0.so : devel/glib20
  11. libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
  12. librsvg-2.so : graphics/librsvg2-rust
  13. libjpeg.so : graphics/jpeg-turbo
  14. libMagick++-7.so : graphics/ImageMagick7
This port is required by:
for Build
  1. sysutils/fastfetch
for Libraries
  1. multimedia/kew
  2. sysutils/mdfried
for Run
  1. graphics/gowall
  2. graphics/wallhaven-cli
  3. x11-fonts/fnt

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for chafa-1.18.2: 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/1.18.2/
  2. https://hpjansson.org/chafa/releases/
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