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Small C++ program to display images in a (modern) terminal using RGB ANSI codes and unicode block graphics characters

14 mentions on Hacker News by 8 people: 2 stories, 12 comments · first 2016-06-22 · latest 2022-08-05

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  1. Another C++ Library (+command line tool) to convert images to Ansi art is TerminalImageViewer(tiv): https://github.com/stefanhaustein/TerminalImageViewer The algorithm is described at the top of the README, examples are at the end. I'd…
    comment by dukoid · 2022-08-05 · in ANSIArt
  2. …I'll list a few links where some fun examples live. ;) [1] https://github.com/atanunq/viu [2] https://github.com/stefanhaustein/TerminalImageViewer [3] https://askubuntu.com/questions/97542/how-do-i-make-my-termi... [4]…
    comment by blooalien · 2022-05-11 · in Bubble Tea: fun, functional and stateful way to build terminal apps
  3. …being able to use my regular terminal. [0]: https://github.com/dohliam/console-image-browser [1]: https://github.com/stefanhaustein/TerminalImageViewer [2]: https://github.com/posva/catimg/
    comment by dohliam · 2021-05-05 · in MapSCII – The Whole World in Your Console
  4. …which uses a wider range of unicode characters (and has done for years). It's quite slow though. https://github.com/stefanhaustein/TerminalImageViewer
    comment by rozab · 2020-10-25 · in imgcat: higher resolution
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    Image viewer for the Linux/macOS terminal
    story by throwawaybutwhy · 2020-09-22 · 2 comments
  6. …that works with any unicode terminal. [0]: https://www.iterm2.com/documentation-images.html [1]: https://github.com/stefanhaustein/TerminalImageViewer
    comment by krilly · 2020-03-02 · in Little known features of iTerm2
  7. …suppose for aesthetic reasons?). Here's an example of what you can achieve just with unicode chars: https://github.com/stefanhaustein/TerminalImageViewer
    comment by rozab · 2020-02-06 · in Terminal Snake Game
  8. https://github.com/stefanhaustein/TerminalImageViewer is amazing (but requires high-ascii font support from your term). And it's easy to install: `sudo snap install --edge tiv`
    comment by mceachen · 2019-07-29 · in Spaceman Diff: Diffing Images on the Command Line
  9. Is that https://github.com/radare/tiv , https://github.com/stefanhaustein/TerminalImageViewer , or something else?
    comment by jefftk · 2019-07-28 · in Spaceman Diff: Diffing Images on the Command Line
  10. …like to actually quickly preview images in the terminal, you might be interested in my tiv app: https://github.com/stefanhaustein/TerminalImageViewer (it uses a block graphics character matching algorithm to get a slightly better…
    comment by dukoid · 2019-02-03 · in ASCII generator: image to text, image to image, video to video
  11. Shameless plug: Done here for displaying images in modern terminals: https://github.com/stefanhaustein/TerminalImageViewer I was wondering if I should try this for a more complete set of unicode characters (opposed to just block graphics),…
    comment by dukoid · 2019-01-31 · in Show HN: ASCII Art with Overstrike
  12. …to enhance the conversion... 1) https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_en/300700_300799/300706/01... 2) https://github.com/stefanhaustein/TerminalImageViewer
    comment by dukoid · 2018-11-18 · in Unscii – a bitmapped Unicode font for blocky graphics
  13. You might get a slightly better resolution with the approach taken here: https://github.com/stefanhaustein/TerminalImageViewer (= find best matching block graphics character for most prominent colors in a cell; there is a comparison to…
    comment by dukoid · 2018-01-05 · in Texttop – An interactive X Linux desktop rendered in TTY and streamable over SSH
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    Show HN: 24bit RGB "AnsiArt" Terminal Image Viewer
    story by dukoid · 2016-06-22 · 12 comments