Quick roundup of bitmap graphics availability in free/open-source terminal emulators

• libsixel

  23 2,391 0.0 C

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

Sixel - Sixel is a standard from the 1970's/1980's DEC VT series. It has enjoyed a tremendous resurgence in popularity thanks largely to saitoha's libsixel project. Many projects are now using sixel; a few you may have heard of include lsix, chafa, and notcurses.

• xterm.js

  52 16,730 9.7 TypeScript

  A terminal for the web

  

xterm.js, when using the xterm-addon-image addon - JavaScript - Web Browser

• InfluxDB

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• lsix

  5 3,080 4.3 Shell

  Like "ls", but for images. Shows thumbnails in terminal using sixel graphics.

Sixel - Sixel is a standard from the 1970's/1980's DEC VT series. It has enjoyed a tremendous resurgence in popularity thanks largely to saitoha's libsixel project. Many projects are now using sixel; a few you may have heard of include lsix, chafa, and notcurses.

• wezterm

  131 13,929 9.8 Rust

  A GPU-accelerated cross-platform terminal emulator and multiplexer written by @wez and implemented in Rust

wezterm - OpenGL - Linux, OS/X, Windows

• iTerm2

  171 14,576 9.6 Objective-C

  iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things.

Originally developed for iTerm2, this protocol can also act as a generic file transfer mechanism. Terminals with iTerm2 support include:

• chafa

  31 2,638 9.0 C

  📺🗿 Terminal graphics for the 21st century.

Sixel - Sixel is a standard from the 1970's/1980's DEC VT series. It has enjoyed a tremendous resurgence in popularity thanks largely to saitoha's libsixel project. Many projects are now using sixel; a few you may have heard of include lsix, chafa, and notcurses.

• notcurses

  102 3,296 7.6 C

  blingful character graphics/TUI library. definitely not curses.

Sixel - Sixel is a standard from the 1970's/1980's DEC VT series. It has enjoyed a tremendous resurgence in popularity thanks largely to saitoha's libsixel project. Many projects are now using sixel; a few you may have heard of include lsix, chafa, and notcurses.

• SaaSHub

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• contour

  20 2,241 9.7 C++

  Modern C++ Terminal Emulator (by christianparpart)

  

contour - OpenGL - Linux, OS/X, Windows

• mintty

  7 1,556 8.5 C

  The Cygwin Terminal – terminal emulator for Cygwin, MSYS, and WSL

mintty - Windows

• RLogin

  1 453 5.6 C++

  RLoginは、Windows上で動作するターミナルソフトです (by kmiya-culti)

RLogin - Windows

• yaft

  6 596 0.0 C

  yet another framebuffer terminal

yaft - Framebuffer - Linux

• xterm-addon-image

  1 48 5.7 TypeScript

  Image addon for xterm.js

xterm.js, when using the xterm-addon-image addon - JavaScript - Web Browser

• upp-components

  1 36 7.5 C

  A collection of packages for U++ framework.

Terminal Package for U++ - U++ framework - Linux, OS/X, Windows

• macterm

  1 225 3.9 Objective-C++

  Terminal emulator for macOS with 24-bit color, bitmap and vector graphics.

MacTerm - OS/X

• alacritty

  4 29 9.3 Rust

  A cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator (by ayosec)

alacritty, when using ayosec's graphics branch.

• DomTerm

  16 358 8.0 C++

  DOM/JavaScript-based terminal-emulator/console

DomTerm - JavaScript, Electron, Qt - Web browser, Linux (+ others?)

• darktile

  7 3,009 0.0 Go

  :waning_crescent_moon: Darktile is a GPU rendered terminal emulator designed for tiling window managers.

darktile - OpenGL - Linux (+ others?)

• toyterm

  1 43 3.8 Rust

  a terminal emulator

toyterm - SDL2 - Linux

• kitty

  289 22,064 9.9 Python

  Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based terminal

Originally developed for kitty, this is a much more complex protocol with options for animations and placing images/animations above/below text. Terminals with kitty support include:

• vt340test

  2 36 9.7 PostScript

  Tests of VT340 compatibility

A great resource of corner case behavior for sixel is this collection based on a real VT340 terminal: https://github.com/hackerb9/vt340test

• SaaSHub

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