# xyb3rt/sxiv

Simple X Image Viewer

Repository: https://github.com/xyb3rt/sxiv
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sxiv
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-01-16T13:53:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5707, "days_push": 1325, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1861, forks 254 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:45.413759+00:00)

## What it is
sxiv is a simple, fast image viewer for X11 written in C, supporting zooming, panning, rotating, thumbnail grids, GIF animation playback, and customizable key bindings via config.h. It is designed to be lightweight and keyboard-driven, following the suckless philosophy.

## Use cases
- view images quickly from the terminal on Linux
- browse a folder of images as a thumbnail grid
- play GIF animations with all frames loaded
- customize image viewer keybindings in source config
- cache thumbnails for fast reloading of large image directories

## When to choose
- you want a minimal, fast, keyboard-driven X11 image viewer
- you need thumbnail browsing with caching for large image sets
- you like configuring software by editing config.h and recompiling

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI image editor with filters or annotations
- you are on Wayland without XWayland or on Windows/macOS
- you want actively developed software with frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: image-processing, gui
- domain: graphics, desktop-applications, media
- platform: cpp
- tags: image-viewer, x11, thumbnails, gif-animation, keyboard-driven, minimalist, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- xyb3rt/sxiv (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:45.413759+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:15:51.996614+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/xyb3rt/sxiv (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:45.413759+00:00, sha d319d32714f6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.