chips-test VS libsixel

Compare chips-test vs libsixel and see what are their differences.

chips-test

Tests and sample code for https://github.com/floooh/chips (by floooh)

libsixel

A C language SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation, forked from saitoha/libsixel after @saitoha vanished. Receives security patches, accepts PR's filed preferably here but also at saitoha/libsixel. (by libsixel)
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chips-test libsixel
2 1
371 106
- 2.8%
7.9 0.0
20 days ago 4 months ago
C C
MIT License MIT License
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chips-test

Posts with mentions or reviews of chips-test. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-05.
  • Sega Master System Refences
    1 project | /r/EmuDev | 31 Jul 2022
  • Show HN: Sixel-tmux displays graphics even if your terminal has no Sixel support
    27 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Oct 2021
    I tinkered a bit with sixel support for my "C64 emulator in the terminal" (https://github.com/floooh/docker-c64), but unfortunately it's way too slow to get anywhere near 'realtime' output (30fps or better).

    Here's the (abandondend) sixel-version source code, only with two colors, more color planes would drastically reduce the performance.

    https://github.com/floooh/chips-test/blob/master/examples/as...

    I really wish there was a decent pixel-framebuffer standard for terminals (with at least the same performance as curses). This would allow a lot of fun "terminal applications" (e.g. everything that used to run in VGA Mode 13h).

libsixel

Posts with mentions or reviews of libsixel. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-05.
  • Show HN: Sixel-tmux displays graphics even if your terminal has no Sixel support
    27 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Oct 2021
    First, stop accusing me of being emotional.

    Second, tell me why 24 bits colors is insufficient for drawing into the terminals?

    > then we have nothing technical to discuss

    I think you may be right there.

    > starting with a baseline of a broken format that doesn't work

    Look at that https://github.com/hackerb9/sixvid and that https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel and tell me precisely what doesn't work, in your own words.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing chips-test and libsixel you can also consider the following projects:

sixel-tmux - sixel-tmux is a fork of tmux, with just one goal: having the most reliable support of graphics

indent-rainbow

xserver-SIXEL - A X server implementation for SIXEL-featured terminals, based on @pelya's Xsdl kdrive server(https://github.com/pelya/xserver-xsdl)

CuteXterm - Sensible defaults for xterm in the 21st century

sixvid - Simple script for animated GIF viewing using sixels

Windows Terminal - The new Windows Terminal and the original Windows console host, all in the same place!

mosh-windows-wrappers - Windows native port of Mobile Shell (mosh).

termite - Termite is obsoleted by Alacritty. Termite was a keyboard-centric VTE-based terminal, aimed at use within a window manager with tiling and/or tabbing support.

matplotlib-sixel - A sixel graphics backend for matplotlib