How many cats are in the collection?

Thirty hand-checked pieces, tagged by size and mood, from two-line faces to large multi-line cats.

Why does my cat look broken after pasting?

The destination is not monospace. Wrap the ascii cat art in a code block — Discord, Slack and Markdown all support them.

Can I use these cats commercially?

Yes. Classic pieces are decades-old folk art; the rest are drawn by this site. Use them anywhere, no attribution needed.

Do you have one-line cats?

Several — see the one line ascii art library for `^..^` and its cousins in single-row form.

Yes — the companion ASCII Art Cat page loads any piece into a live editor with preview.

What is the oldest ascii cat art?

Small cat faces appear in 1980s BBS art archives; the exact first artist is unknown, which is how folk art works.

Is the collection free?

Completely free, no account, copy as much as you like.

ASCII Cat Art

Thirty hand-drawn cats in text: classic ascii cat art faces, sleeping cats, big cats and funny poses — search by tag, copy in one click.

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/\_/\
( o.o )
> ^ <

smallhappy3×7

|\---/|
| o_o |
 \_^_/

smallhappy3×7

      |\      _,,,---,,_
ZZZzz /,.-'`    -.  ;-;;,_
     |,4-  ) )-,_. ,\ (  '-'
    '---''(_/--'  '-'\_)

largesleep4×28

 /\_/\
( ^.^ )
 )   (
( ~ )~

smallsitting4×7

/\_/\
( >_< )
(     )

smallgrumpy3×7

/\_/\
( O_O )
>   <

smallsurprised3×7

/\_/\  /\_/\
( o.o )( -.- )
 > ^ <  > ^ <

smallhappy3×14

 /\_____/\
 /  o   o  \
( ==  ^  == )
 )         (
(           )
( (  )   (  ) )
(__(__)___(__)__)

mediumhappy7×17

  /\_/\
 ( -.- )
o_)   (_o

mediumstanding3×9

   /\_/\ 
  ( -.- )
 _)     (_
(_________)

smallsleep4×11

 /\_/\    ___
( -.- )  /   \
 )   (  |     |
(  "  )  \___/

smallstanding4×15

 _____________
|    /\_/\    |
|   ( -.- )   |
|    |   |    |
|_____________|

mediumfunny5×15

  _____
 |     |
/\_/\  |
( o.o) |
 |> <  |

smallfunny5×8

    /\_/\
   ( ^.^ )__
    )    (  )
   (  ~  ) /
    \___/ /

smallhappy5×13

 ,_     _,
 |;___//|
(    '  '
 )=  =(
  )__(      ~nyan
 /    \
( || || )
(_)( _)

largerunning8×17

   |  |  |
   |  |  |
   |  |  |
  (_)  (_)
  /\    /\
 ( o)  (o )
  \ ____ /

mediumfunny7×11

 /\_/\  
( -.- ) <3
 > ^ <

smalllove3×10

   /\_/\
  ( ;.; )   feed me
   _)   (_
  (  fd  )
   \_____/

mediumstanding5×19

 /\_/\
( o.o )___
 > ^ <    \_____
(              \
 )  [====]      )
(______________/

mediumfunny6×17

   /\_/\ 
  ( o.o ) 
   )   (  
  ( |)| ) ♪
   \_|_/

Unicodemediumparty5×11

      /\_/\
     ( o.o )
      )   (
     ( ~u~ )
    /       \
   |  |   |  |
   |  |   |  |
  (__)_)_(__)_)
   / /     \ \
  *_/       \_*

largefunny10×15

    /\_/\  
   ( o.o ) 
   /|   |\ 
  (_|   |_)
    |___|
   (_____)

mediumfunny6×11

  /\_/\
 ( -.- )  *
  )   ( ***
 (  v  )**
  \___/
   | |

mediummagic6×11

 /\_/\  
( o.o ) ><> 
 > ^ <

smallanimal3×12

     /\
    /  \
   / /\ \
  /_/  \_\
   /\_/\
  ( -.- )
   )   (
  (  ~  )
   \___/

largemagic9×10

 /\_/\
( -.- )   c[_]
 > ^ <

mediumfunny3×14

 /\_/\ /\_/\
( ^.^ )( ^.^ )
 > ^ <  > ^ <

smallhappy3×14

   /\_/\   
  ( o.o )  
   \   \   
    )   )  
   (  (   
    \__\__/

mediumstanding6×11

   .-"""-.
  /       \
 |  ^   ^  |
 |   ---   |
  \  ___  /
   '-...-'

mediumfunny6×12

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No creature is more beloved in text art than the cat. This ascii cat art collection gathers thirty pieces — from the three-line face every terminal veteran knows to large multi-line cats with whiskers, tails and attitude. Each piece is tagged (small, medium, large, sleepy, grumpy, running…) so you can find the right ascii cat art for a chat, a README or a forum signature in seconds, and one click copies it with spacing intact.

Find Your ASCII Cat Art

1
Browse or search
Scroll the gallery or type a mood — “sleepy”, “grumpy”, “big” — to filter the ascii cat art collection.
2
Check the size
Each card shows lines × columns, so you know before copying whether the cat fits your destination.
3
Copy the cat
One click puts the whole piece — every space, every line break — on your clipboard.
4
Paste in monospace
Chat code blocks, terminals and code editors render ascii cat art purrfectly.

What Is ASCII Cat Art?

Ascii cat art draws cats using only keyboard characters: `^..^` ears, `( o.o )` eyes, `> ^ <` whiskers. The classic three-line face dates back to 1980s bulletin boards and remains the most recognizable piece of text art in the world. Around it, artists built a whole bestiary — sleeping cats curled into a single paragraph, sitting cats with question-mark tails, running cats trailing motion lines.

What makes cats so popular in ASCII? They are round. Curves — ears, cheeks, tails — map naturally onto parentheses and slashes, where a dog's longer snout or a horse's legs need more characters than most contexts allow. The result is a rich tradition of ascii cat art that this collection curates rather than generates: every piece here was drawn and checked by hand.

Three Classics From the Collection

/\_/\
( o.o )
> ^ <

|\---/|
| o_o |
 \_^_/

      |\      _,,,---,,_
ZZZzz /,.-'`'    -.  ;-;;,_
     |,4-  ) )-,_. ,\ (  `-'
    '---''(_/--'  `- '\_)

Three pieces of ascii cat art from the gallery: the classic face, the round face and the famous sleeping cat.

Small Cats, Medium Cats, Big Cats

Size	Lines	Where it fits
Small	2–4	Chat messages, commit footers, one-line bios
Medium	5–8	Forum signatures, Discord welcomes, README corners
Large	9+	Dedicated posts, terminal splash screens, posters

Cats for Every Mood

Happy and content cats

Closed happy eyes (` -.- `) and curled tails signal satisfaction. These are the ascii cat art pieces for good-news replies and thank-you notes — friendly without loudness.

Sleepy cats

The famous zzz cat, curled with its nose under its tail, is the collection's crown jewel: a multi-line piece that still fits most terminals. Use it for good-night messages and off-duty status lines.

Grumpy and surprised cats

Flat mouths and wide O eyes cover the other end of the emotional range. A grumpy ascii cat art drop after bad news is a whole genre of internet comfort.

Using ASCII Cat Art Well

Match the cat to the space: small cats for chats, big cats for their own message.
Paste into code blocks so ears and whiskers stay aligned.
One cat per message — a herd breaks alignment and reads as spam.
Combine a cat with a one-line emoticon for dialogue: cat says, you reply.
Want to modify a cat? The ASCII Art Cat page opens every piece in an editor.

Why ASCII Cat Art Endures

Cats in text, 1985 → today

The same three-line face has traveled from dial-up bulletin boards to Discord servers — unchanged because it is perfect: minimal characters, maximal cat.

Cats as emoji?

Emoji cats look identical on every platform by design. Ascii cat art carries the maker's fingerprint — hand-aligned spaces and all — which is exactly its charm.

Where People Use ASCII Cat Art

Discord welcomes

Servers greet new members with a sleeping cat at the bottom of the rules.

Commit messages

A tiny `^..^` closes a late-night merge with the right energy.

Email sign-offs

Plain-text emails get a small cat instead of a scanned signature.

Terminal profiles

Engineers print a cat in their shell startup script for morale.

Cat-lover gifts

The PNG export turns a big ascii cat art piece into frameable wall decor.

Language teaching

Teachers show character encoding by displaying the same cat across systems.

ASCII Cat Art FAQ

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