pretext

Bad Apple!! Rendering using Cheng Lou's Pretext library

Curated ecosystem list for projects built on Pretext, with live demos and community examples.

Multi-CLI skill bundle and npm CLI for Pretext-driven text layout, typography, and frontend motion.

tetris-pretext for those who like tetris and pretext

CinemASCII: A professional, high-performance real-time ASCII video player using React and @chenglou/pretext. Transform MP4/WebM videos into fluid, cinematic ASCII art with zero DOM reflow and up to 4K export support. 🎞️✨

Local proof of concept for evaluating the actual @chenglou/pretext package in a long chat interface built with React Router 7 + React + Vite.

An interactive one-screen web experiment inspired by the visual structure of rick.dhr.wtf, rebuilt as a static site with a WebGL ASCII silhouette, local video/audio assets, and an editorial text overlay

Open-source accessibility measurement engine powered by canvas-based text analysis. Detects, scores, and reports WCAG barriers — with focus on elderly and low-literacy users. Built on Pretext. Not an overlay.

Real-time, zoomable, collaborative typographic map of NYC, built on Pretext

Markdown Table & Box-Drawing alignment tool with pixel-perfect precision using Pretext.

Zero-shift streaming text animations. Pre-measures final height with Pretext.

a reading mode layer that rewrites complexity into clarity in real time. change how the page is read, not what the page contains.

The audit office for the machine economy. Landing for Quaestor.

Interactive children's story where text reflows around an animated caterpillar in real time - built with pretext

Pretext Lagtrain: web-based text animation that renders the music video for Lagtrain entirely out of typography