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ASCII Progress Bar Generator

Generate customizable text-based progress bars for CLI apps, READMEs, logs, and dashboards. Choose from 6 styles (ASCII, block, shade, arrow, dot, braille), configure width, brackets, labels, and display options. Generate multi-bar dashboards with aligned labels. Runs entirely in your browser — your data never leaves your machine.

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Published May 31, 2026

All interactive tools run entirely in your browser. Your data never leaves your device.

How It Works

Adjust the percentage, width, and style to instantly generate a text-based progress bar. Copy the output and paste it into your CLI tool, README, or log output. The multi-bar preview shows how aligned labels look for dashboard-style displays.

Features

6 bar styles: ASCII (#—), Block, Shade, Arrow (==>), Dot, Braille
Configurable width: 5 to 80 characters
Custom brackets: change [ ] to | |, < >, or any characters
Labels: add a prefix label like “Downloading” or “CPU”
Percentage display: toggle percentage suffix on/off
Fraction display: show current/total counts (e.g. 45/200)
Multi-bar preview: see aligned multi-metric dashboard output
One-click copy: copy generated bar to clipboard
5 examples: download progress, build steps, upload, test coverage, task completion
Private: all computation runs in your browser — no data transmitted

Use Cases

Building CLI tools that show download or install progress
Adding progress indicators to README files or documentation
Creating text-based dashboards for monitoring scripts
Generating progress bars for log output or CI/CD pipelines