matplotlib-sixel VS sixvid

Compare matplotlib-sixel vs sixvid and see what are their differences.

matplotlib-sixel

A sixel graphics backend for matplotlib (by koppa)

sixvid

Simple script for animated GIF viewing using sixels (by hackerb9)
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matplotlib-sixel

Posts with mentions or reviews of matplotlib-sixel. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-05.

sixvid

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  • 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 matplotlib-sixel and sixvid you can also consider the following projects:

mpv - 🎥 Command line video player

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

iterm2

libsixel - A SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation derived from kmiya's sixel (https://github.com/saitoha/sixel).

notcurses - blingful character graphics/TUI library. definitely not curses.

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.

CuteXterm - Sensible defaults for xterm in the 21st century

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

FluentTerminal - A Terminal Emulator based on UWP and web technologies.

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