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I remember having seen a screenshot of a Linux terminal-only (text) web browser, like links or lynx, but this one was able to render images (in color) using ASCII art.
Unfortunately I don't remember the name. Does anyone know it, or have a suggestion for a similar software?
Maybe you're satisfied with Browsh:
Browsh is a fully-modern text-based browser. It renders anything that a modern browser can; HTML5, CSS3, JS, video and even WebGL. Its main purpose is to be run on a remote server and accessed via SSH/Mosh or the in-browser HTML service in order to significantly reduce bandwidth and thus both increase browsing speeds and decrease bandwidth costs.
Live SSH Demo:
ssh brow.sh
No auth needed. The service is for demonstration only, sessions last 5 minutes and are logged.
Download page: https://www.brow.sh/downloads
A Docker image is also available:
docker pull browsh/browsh
...or maybe you think about an ascii-art image browser:
The browser Browsh suggested by user simhumileco looks OK but the images are very low resolution.
Other suggestions are:
Lynx can be configured to display images using aaview or cacaview.
w3m can be configured to display images using cacaview.
Aaview can produce images as good as this:
Cacaview adds color, and can produce images as good as this:
Other Retro Imaging
Related subject information (not intended to directly answer this question):
RetroTxt can take old text and ASCII art images and display them on a modern browser using a Chrome or Firefox plugin. It allows selection of monospaced fonts for better viewing.
Both VLC and MPlayer can play modern videos rendered as ASCII art.
Not really related:
Android WireGoggles displays a real-time wireframe outline of what your camera is pointing at.
Android Ascii Art Generator converts images on your phone to ASCII art.
