{"id":17453,"date":"2026-06-09T03:48:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T03:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=17453"},"modified":"2026-06-09T03:48:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T03:48:59","slug":"meet-nomo-open-source-ascii-art-generator-in-c-gtk4-llm-powered-local-figlet-rendering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/meet-nomo-open-source-ascii-art-generator-in-c-gtk4-llm-powered-local-figlet-rendering\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet NOMO – Open-source ASCII Art Generator in C\/GTK4 \u2014 LLM-powered + local Figlet rendering."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\ud83c\udfa8 Meet NOMO – Open-source ASCII Art Generator in C\/GTK4 \u2014 LLM-powered + local Figlet rendering!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Built from scratch as part of the Art2Dec SoftLab open-source initiative. Runs natively on Linux x86_64 and ARM64 (Raspberry Pi 4\/5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2705 Two modes:
 \u2022 **Figlet mode** \u2014 instant local text rendering using any installed font, no internet needed
 \u2022 **LLM mode** \u2014 generate ASCII art and comic strips via mshell IPC (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Ollama)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2705 3 configurable LLM model slots \u2014 read directly from ~\/.mshellrc
\u2705 10 included system prompts \u2014 art, banners, comics with speech bubbles
\u2705 Comic strip generator \u2014 characters with funny dialogue invented by the model
\u2705 Live token streaming \u2014 output appears as the model generates
\u2705 Dark \/ Light theme, art color selector (8 colors)
\u2705 Inline system prompt editor \u2014 tweak prompts without leaving the app
\u2705 Copy to clipboard \u2014 works natively in GTK4
\u2705 Multi-language input \u2014 English, Russian and more<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2699\ufe0f Tech stack:
\ud83d\udd39 **C \/ GTK4** \u2014 native Linux desktop UI
\ud83d\udd39 **Figlet** \u2014 local ASCII font rendering
\ud83d\udd39 **mshell** \u2014 LLM workflow platform by Art2Dec SoftLab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udda5\ufe0f Tested platforms:
\u2022 Ubuntu 22.04 \/ 24.04 \/ 26.04 \u2014 x86_64
\u2022 Debian 12 \/ 13 \u2014 x86_64, ARM64 (Raspberry Pi 4b)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MIT License \u2014 free to use, modify, and distribute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udd17 GitHub: https:\/\/lnkd.in\/g75hgZWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

#OpenSource #C #GTK4 #Linux #RaspberryPi #ASCII #LLM #Art2DecSoftLab #mshell #Figlet #DevTools<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83c\udfa8 Meet NOMO – Open-source ASCII Art Generator in C\/GTK4 \u2014 LLM-powered + local Figlet rendering! Built from scratch as part of the Art2Dec SoftLab open-source initiative. Runs natively on Linux x86_64 and ARM64 (Raspberry Pi 4\/5). \u2705 Two modes: \u2022 **Figlet mode** \u2014 instant local text rendering using any installed font, no internet needed \u2022 **LLM … <\/p>\n

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