# jstkdng/ueberzugpp

Drop in replacement for ueberzug written in C++

Repository: https://github.com/jstkdng/ueberzugpp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ueberzugpp
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-05-18T01:42:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 82, release rhythm 60, longevity 95
- inputs: {"age_days": 1336, "days_push": 108, "days_rel": 108, "gap_med": 138, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1315, forks 50 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:20.662433+00:00)

## What it is
Überzug++ is a C++ command line utility that draws images directly in terminals using X11/Wayland child windows, sixels, or the kitty and iTerm2 graphics protocols. It is a drop-in replacement for the defunct ueberzug project, adding Wayland and macOS support, tmux compatibility, and animated image support.

## Use cases
- display image previews in terminal file managers like lf, vifm, or yazi
- show images inside tmux panes on X11, sway, or hyprland
- render image thumbnails in fzf or vim/neovim plugins like image.nvim
- draw images on Wayland compositors such as sway and hyprland
- replace the abandoned ueberzug without changing existing scripts
- preview GIFs and animated webp images in the terminal

## When to choose
- you need terminal image display on Wayland or macOS where ueberzug and w3mimgdisplay fall short
- you have existing ueberzug-based tooling and want a drop-in replacement
- you need animated GIF/webp support or fast cached image scaling in the terminal

## When to avoid
- you only need sixel support and your terminal already provides it natively
- you are on a headless server with no graphical display or graphics-capable terminal
- you need a library API rather than a command line utility

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: image-processing, cli
- domain: developer-tools, media
- platform: cli
- tags: terminal-images, ueberzug, x11, wayland, sixel, kitty-graphics, iterm2-protocol, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- jstkdng/ueberzugpp (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:20.662433+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 2026-08-30T04:48:41.459131+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jstkdng/ueberzugpp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:20.662433+00:00, sha 6f750adf21ef)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.