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eliukblau/pixterm

Draw images in your ANSI terminal with true color observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/eliukblau/pixterm · Go · MPL-2.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

85/100

  • Activity 95
  • Release rhythm 63
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 685
  • age_days: 3500
  • days_rel: 32
  • days_push: 32
  • n_releases_24m: 2

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1015 stars · 56 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

PIXterm is a Go CLI tool that renders images directly in ANSI terminals using true color escape codes and unicode half-block characters. It supports JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, and WebP formats, with optional dithering modes and transparency matte colors.

Use cases

  • display an image in my terminal
  • preview images over ssh without a gui
  • render a png as ascii art in the shell
  • show image thumbnails in a terminal
  • convert an image to ansi true color output
  • view a gif in the command line

When to choose

  • you work in a terminal-only or ssh environment and need quick image previews
  • your terminal supports true color and a monospaced font with block characters
  • you want a fast, dependency-free single binary for terminal image rendering

When to avoid

  • your terminal lacks true color support
  • you need high-fidelity image viewing with zoom or pan
  • you use a proportional font or a font missing the half-block unicode character

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

image-processing cli terminal-ui developer-tools image-processing cli cross-platform go ansi-true-color terminal-graphics dithering unicode-blocks command-line

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
eliukblau/pixtermmain85

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markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="eliukblau/pixterm")

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