Does ASCII Image work in Nuxt 3?

Yes. Drop it into any page or component. The component is client-safe; Nuxt handles the SSR boundary automatically. If you want explicit client-only rendering, wrap in ` `.

Does ASCII Image work with Vue 2?

No - the component uses the Vue 3 Composition API and ` ` syntax. Vue 2 support is not planned. If you need Vue 2, the HTML/CSS/JS variant works in any context.

Does ASCII Image work with TypeScript in Vue?

Yes. The component is typed and works with both `vue-tsc` and Volar. Props match the `data-anm-*` attributes documented on the main detail page.

Will the animation flash before hydration in Nuxt SSR?

Brief flash is possible because GSAP needs the client to initialize. The component sets the parked state via `gsap.set` on `onMounted` before the first paintable frame. For above-the-fold use in SSR contexts, add a CSS opacity:0 default that the component clears.

GSAP component for Vue

ASCII Image in Vue.

A picture redrawn entirely as text characters, each one picked by the brightness underneath. It types itself in the moment the picture has loaded, settling into a two-colour duotone with the colour arriving a beat behind, and a click sweeps the characters out to the picture's own colours and back. Unlike ASCII Overlay, which adds characters on top of a photo that stays a photo, this one replaces the picture completely.

Built for good-fella.com.

Install

Install ASCII Image in your Vue project

ASCII Image ships as a copy-paste Vue 3 single-file component. The only dependency is GSAP - Vue's reactivity and lifecycle hooks replace the React useGSAP adapter, so no extra package is needed.

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Integrate

Where it goes in your Vue app

ASCII Image is a leaf-level interactive component. Drop it into any page, layout, or other component. It works in Vue 3 + Vite, Nuxt 3, and any standalone Vue setup.

In Nuxt, no special handling is needed - the component is client-safe and self-cleaning. If you want to ensure it never runs on the server (rare), wrap your usage in <ClientOnly>.

The component uses the <script setup> composition API and TypeScript-friendly defineProps.

Gotchas

Vue-specific gotchas

GSAP cleanup in onUnmounted, not onBeforeUnmount

Use onUnmounted to kill tweens and ScrollTriggers. onBeforeUnmount fires while the DOM is still mounted, but onUnmounted is the more idiomatic place for animation cleanup in Vue 3.

Template refs are .value, not .current

const el = ref(null); access as el.value (not el.current like React). Pass el.value into gsap.to / gsap.from targets.

Plugin registration (gsap.registerPlugin(ScrollTrigger, ...)) can run at module top level in Vue 3 + Vite because the build is client-first. In Nuxt with SSR, wrap in if (process.client) or place inside onMounted.

FAQ

Common questions

Does ASCII Image work in Nuxt 3?: Yes. Drop it into any page or component. The component is client-safe; Nuxt handles the SSR boundary automatically. If you want explicit client-only rendering, wrap in .
Does ASCII Image work with Vue 2?: No - the component uses the Vue 3 Composition API and