piv

piv

Fast ANSI terminal image viewer.

• Supports PNG, GIF, and JPEG formats.
• Only uses the 8 standard ANSI colors.
• No 24-bit colors or Unicode tricks.

Installation

go get github.com/hoffa/piv

Usage

Usage of piv:
  -r float
    	character width-to-height ratio (default 0.5)
  -w int
    	output image width (native width if 0) (default 80)

Image data is read from standard input.

Example

curl https://placekitten.com/600/600 | piv

Setting -w to 0 will display the image in its native resolution:

curl https://placekitten.com/600/600 | piv -w 0 | less -RS