# seebye/ueberzug

Repository: https://github.com/seebye/ueberzug
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ueberzug
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2023-01-07T20:06:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3021, "days_push": 1334, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1244, forks 117 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:06.930948+00:00)

## What it is
ueberzug is a command-line utility that adds image display support to X11 terminal emulators by drawing images over the terminal window. It was designed as a stopgap until terminal image protocols like SIXEL and the Kitty graphics protocol became widely adopted.

## Use cases
- display images inside the terminal
- preview images in terminal file managers like ranger
- show album art in terminal music players
- render image thumbnails in terminal-based applications
- add image support to terminals lacking native image protocols

## When to choose
- you are stuck on X11 with a terminal that has no image protocol support
- you need image previews in legacy terminal setups

## When to avoid
- you use Wayland, where it will not work
- your terminal supports SIXEL or the Kitty image protocol
- you want actively maintained software

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: image-processing, cli, graphics
- domain: graphics, developer-tools, media
- platform: cli
- tags: terminal-images, x11, image-preview, unmaintained, wayland-incompatible, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- seebye/ueberzug (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.930948+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 2026-08-30T05:08:16.767241+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/seebye/ueberzug (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.930948+00:00, sha 07a3e2e6d5f9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.