imgcat

README

Imgcat

Display images and gifs in your terminal emulator.

Features

• Animated GIF support
• Accept media through stdin
• Transparency

Installation

First, install Go.

Next, fetch and build the binary.

go get -u github.com/danielgatis/imgcat

Alternatively, you can download a pre-built binary here.

Usage

Display a remote image

curl -s http://input.png | imgcat

Display a local image

imgcat path/to/image.png

Requirements

Your terminal emulator must be support true color and use a monospaced font that includes the lower half block unicode character (▄ U+2584).

License

Copyright (c) 2020-present Daniel Gatis

Licensed under MIT License

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