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

1. libsixel

   1 23 2,647 8.4 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.

2. InfluxDB

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3. xterm.js

   2 58 19,043 9.2 TypeScript

   A terminal for the web

   

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

4. lsix

   3 8 4,081 4.9 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.

5. wezterm

   4 161 21,595 9.6 Rust

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

   

   wezterm - OpenGL - Linux, OS/X, Windows

6. iTerm2

   5 204 16,252 9.9 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:

7. chafa

   6 32 3,623 9.5 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.

8. notcurses

   7 107 4,062 9.2 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.

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10. contour

    8 23 2,757 9.0 C++

    Modern C++ Terminal Emulator (by christianparpart)

    

    contour - OpenGL - Linux, OS/X, Windows

11. mintty

    9 9 1,696 8.9 C

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

    

    mintty - Windows

12. RLogin

    10 1 509 5.7 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

13. yaft

    11 6 638 0.0 C

    yet another framebuffer terminal

    

    yaft - Framebuffer - Linux

14. xterm-addon-image

    12 1 55 5.7 TypeScript

    Image addon for xterm.js

    

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

15. upp-components

    13 1 36 7.5 C

    A collection of packages for U++ framework.

    

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

16. macterm

    14 1 243 5.1 Objective-C++

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

    

    MacTerm - OS/X

17. alacritty

    15 4 96 8.7 Rust

    Patch to add support to Alacritty for graphics (Sixel and iTerm2 protocols) (by ayosec)

    

    alacritty, when using ayosec's graphics branch.

18. DomTerm

    16 17 378 6.0 C++

    DOM/JavaScript-based terminal-emulator/console

    

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

19. darktile

    17 7 3,068 0.0 Go

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

    

    darktile - OpenGL - Linux (+ others?)

20. toyterm

    18 1 48 3.8 Rust

    a terminal emulator

    

    toyterm - SDL2 - Linux

21. kitty

    19 318 28,729 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:

22. vt340test

    20 2 51 9.5 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

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