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@arc2898/termimg

v1.0.0

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Display images in any terminal — ASCII art, ANSI color, or sixel graphics

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Readme

@arc2898/termimg

Display images in any terminal — ASCII art, ANSI color, or sixel graphics

Demo

Features

  • ASCII Art — Classic character-based rendering with customizable charset
  • Truecolor ANSI — Photo-realistic output using 24-bit ANSI colors (most modern terminals)
  • Sixel Graphics — Native graphics protocol for compatible terminals (iTerm2, mlterm)
  • Batch Mode — Display multiple images in sequence
  • Smart Resize — Auto-fit to terminal dimensions or specify exact size
  • ** Formats** — PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, WebP

Installation

npm install -g @arc2898/termimg

Usage

# Display an image (auto-detects best method)
termimg photo.jpg

# Force ASCII art mode
termimg photo.jpg --mode ascii

# Force ANSI truecolor mode
termimg photo.jpg --mode ansi

# Force sixel mode
termimg photo.jpg --mode sixel

# Resize to specific dimensions
termimg photo.jpg --width 120 --height 40

# Batch display from directory
termimg ./screenshots/*.png --batch

# Output to file instead of stdout
termimg photo.jpg --output ascii.txt

# Show image info without displaying
termimg photo.jpg --info

Options

| Option | Short | Description | Default | |--------|-------|-------------|---------| | --mode | -m | Rendering mode: auto, ascii, ansi, sixel | auto | | --width | -w | Output width in characters/columns | Terminal width | | --height | -H | Output height in rows | Auto | | --charset | -c | ASCII charset: simple, detailed, blocks | detailed | | --color | | Color mode: truecolor, 256, mono | truecolor | | --invert | | Invert light/dark for ASCII mode | false | | --batch | -b | Batch mode for multiple files | false | | --output | -o | Write to file instead of stdout | stdout | | --info | -i | Show image metadata only | false |

Supported Terminals

| Terminal | ANSI Truecolor | Sixel | |----------|---------------|-------| | iTerm2 | ✅ | ✅ | | Windows Terminal | ✅ | ❌ | | macOS Terminal | ✅ | ❌ | | Konsole | ✅ | ✅ | | mlterm | ✅ | ✅ | | Foot | ✅ | ✅ | | Kitty | ✅ | ❌ (uses its own protocol) |

Demo

# See it in action
termimg --demo

License

MIT