# hzeller/timg

A terminal image and video viewer.

Repository: https://github.com/hzeller/timg
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/timg
Language: C++
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: ascii-art, gif, image, image-viewer, iterm2, jpeg, kitty-terminal, png, terminal, unicode-art, sixel, sixel-graphics, terminal-based, terminal-graphics, kitty, imagemagick, xterm
Last push: 2026-08-05T11:13:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 25, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3728, "days_push": 28, "days_rel": 340, "gap_med": 133.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2734, forks 88 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:16.236988+00:00)

## What it is
timg is a terminal-based image and video viewer written in C++ that renders images using terminal graphics protocols like Sixel, Kitty, and iTerm2, with Unicode block-character fallback. It supports animated GIFs, video playback, and grid display of multiple images directly in the shell.

## Use cases
- view images in the terminal without launching a GUI viewer
- quickly preview images over ssh
- play animated gifs in the terminal
- browse a directory of images in a grid
- watch videos in the terminal
- display images in kitty, iterm2, or sixel-capable terminals

## When to choose
- you work primarily in a terminal or over ssh and need quick visual checks
- your terminal supports sixel, kitty, or iTerm2 graphics protocols and you want full-resolution output
- you want to preview many images at once with grid mode

## When to avoid
- you need full-featured image editing or zooming beyond terminal resolution
- your terminal lacks 24-bit color and graphics protocol support and you need pixel-accurate images

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: image-processing, video-processing, terminal-ui, cli
- domain: media, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: sixel, kitty-graphics, iterm2, ascii-art, image-viewer, video-viewer, gif, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- hzeller/timg (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:16.236988+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 2026-08-30T02:14:28.296033+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hzeller/timg (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:16.236988+00:00, sha bfed07885e94)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.