terminal paint

Draw in the terminal with your mouse or touchscreen!

This app requires the windows.h header file which is normally only available in Windows.

features

Left click to draw and right click to erase, or use a touchscreen/stylus/etc.
Draw with any Unicode symbol including emoji.
Choose from hundreds of color options.
Box-drawing characters automatically join to each other.
Easily save, load, and export your drawings.

download

Open a terminal where you want this app's folder to be.
Use git clone https://github.com/wheelercj/terminal-paint.git --recurse-submodules
Build the app from the code. If you have Visual Studio, you can simply open the .sln file and choose the build option.
Run the app in a modern terminal such as Windows Terminal. If you're using Windows 10, see how to run your C++ app in Windows Terminal.

how it works

This app's menus were created with the ynot library, and the drawing feature itself was mostly built with Microsoft's console API.