Display images in the terminal

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  • term-image

    Display images in the terminal with python

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  • rasterm

    encode images to iTerm / Kitty / SIXEL (terminal) inline graphics protocols

  • If you want to use the graphics protocols implemented in some terminal look at this: https://github.com/BourgeoisBear/rasterm

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  • jexer

    Java Text User Interface. This library implements a text-based windowing system loosely reminiscent of Borland's Turbo Vision system

  • It parses them, but then reduces to the 8/16 ANSI colors. Which makes translucent TUI windows not work. :(

  • notcurses

    blingful character graphics/TUI library. definitely not curses.

  • If you're talking about layered over/under, i.e. text is first-class along with images, then the first true "mix of text and pixel-based images on the same xterm screen" was this. But now notcurses is the pretty clear leader.

  • chafa

    📺🗿 Terminal graphics for the 21st century.

  • This particular library will not do that, it is more like chafa . If you are just looking for a "thumbnail" that isn't layered over/under, then there are three image protocols in use that would work over ssh (sixel, iTerm2, kitty), and another that can display local graphics files in the terminal (terminology). Several cli/tui file managers -- notably ranger -- have support for these protocols as thumbnails.

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