ueberzug vs lsd

ueberzug

ueberzug is a command line util which allows to display images in combination with X11. The user is expected to have knowledge of theoretical computer science. https://github.com/seebye/ueberzug/wiki/Troubleshooting/119e30f331799b30fb9594db29740685cb09425b (by seebye)

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lsd

The next gen ls command (by lsd-rs)

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ueberzug		lsd
	Project
35	Mentions	62
1,252	Stars	12,358
-	Growth	1.7%
0.0	Activity	8.2
over 1 year ago	Latest Commit	8 days ago
Python	Language	Rust
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	Apache License 2.0

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ueberzug

Posts with mentions or reviews of ueberzug. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-11.

what are some good images/videos viewer?
4 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 11 Apr 2023

original code here dev deleted it, where is the fork you are saying ? i only found this one
Image viewers.
1 project | /r/commandline | 12 Mar 2023
Terminal Image and PDF Not Rendered Right/Blocky
3 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 19 Dec 2022

I guess it is using https://github.com/hpjansson/chafa for that, and it needs to be using https://github.com/seebye/ueberzug/tree/2c55173878906c3b221cdef16cf083f0c412bb58
Ueberzug - Telescope & Ranger Media File Viewer
1 project | /r/neovim | 11 Dec 2022

They both require Ueberzug and have a [link to the repo](https://github.com/seebye/ueberzug).
Gnome 42 and lots of Thumbnail Previews
3 projects | /r/FindMeADistro | 9 Dec 2022

- image (depends on the terminal), I use something like ueberzug (which is not maintained but works). This requires the following lines in your config
Developer archives open source package due to harassments
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Dec 2022
This was very sad to see :(
1 project | /r/commandline | 1 Dec 2022

There are 90 forks right now https://github.com/seebye/ueberzug/network/members
Ueberzug Is Not Maintained
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Nov 2022
Üeberzug Is Not Maintained
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Nov 2022
Überzug was discontinued
1 project | /r/linux | 23 Nov 2022

Überzug was (is?) a popular project mostly used to preview images in CLI, e.g. Ranger file manager.

lsd

Posts with mentions or reviews of lsd. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-04.

🐚🦀Comandos shell reescritos em Rust
9 projects | dev.to | 4 Oct 2023

lsd
LSD (LSDeluxe)
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Sep 2023
Exa Is Deprecated
9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Sep 2023
Is there a zsh plugin to replicate the nushell ls function?
2 projects | /r/zsh | 14 Apr 2023

If you use lsd there is a --total-size option
How do I get folder icons on the output of ls?
3 projects | /r/zsh | 13 Apr 2023
Is there a non-bloated way to get the terminal (xfce) to show colors for things like the prompt, files, folders, variables, and so forth?
3 projects | /r/linux4noobs | 26 Mar 2023

ls aliased to lsd
What are some lesser-known Linux software that are absolutely life changing?
8 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 26 Feb 2023

Just in case people don’t get the sarcasm here https://github.com/Peltoche/lsd
The amount of times I have accidentally done this...
23 projects | /r/ProgrammerHumor | 16 Feb 2023
Name the tools you can't live without!
23 projects | /r/sysadmin | 15 Feb 2023

lsd
14 Rust Tools for Linux Terminal Dwellers
1 project | /r/commandline | 31 Jan 2023

lsd is faster & more customizable than exa

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ueberzug and lsd you can also consider the following projects:

hologram.nvim - 👻 A cross platform terminal image viewer for Neovim. Extensible and fast, written in Lua and C. Works on macOS and Linux.

exa - A modern replacement for ‘ls’.

lf - Terminal file manager

eza - A modern, maintained replacement for ls

termux-archlinux - You can use setupTermuxArch.bash 📲 to install Arch Linux in Termux on Amazon, Android, Chromebook and Windows. https://sdrausty.github.io/termux-archlinux/

zsh-aliases-exa - zsh plugin adding aliases for the exa command-line tool

buku - :bookmark: Personal mini-web in text

iTerm2-Color-Schemes - Over 250 terminal color schemes/themes for iTerm/iTerm2. Includes ports to Terminal, Konsole, PuTTY, Xresources, XRDB, Remmina, Termite, XFCE, Tilda, FreeBSD VT, Terminator, Kitty, MobaXterm, LXTerminal, Microsoft's Windows Terminal, Visual Studio, Alacritty

lf - Fully Decentralized Fully Replicated Key/Value Store

ohmyzsh - 🙃 A delightful community-driven (with 2,300+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes 300+ optional plugins (rails, git, macOS, hub, docker, homebrew, node, php, python, etc), 140+ themes to spice up your morning, and an auto-update tool so that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.

nvidia-all - Nvidia driver latest to 396 series AIO installer

LS_COLORS - A collection of LS_COLORS definitions; needs your contribution!