icat is kitty’s utility for displaying images directly inside a terminal.
It accepts individual images, multiple files and directories, with directories scanned recursively. Image data can also be supplied through standard input or downloaded from HTTP, HTTPS and FTP URLs.
The utility includes controls for positioning, alignment and sizing, which also makes it useful from scripts and other terminal programs.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Displays images using the Kitty Graphics Protocol.
- Accepts individual image files.
- Accepts multiple image files.
- Accepts directories.
- Recursively scans directories for images.
- Reads image data from standard input.
- Downloads images from HTTP URLs.
- Downloads images from HTTPS URLs.
- Downloads images from FTP URLs.
- Supports common image formats directly.
- Can use ImageMagick for additional image formats.
- Automatically scales images to fit available terminal space.
- Allows images to be placed inside a specified terminal rectangle.
- Supports left alignment.
- Supports centred alignment.
- Supports right alignment.
- Supports Unicode placeholders for image placement.
- Can control the graphics protocol image ID.
- Can suppress the trailing newline after an image.
- Supports tmux passthrough.
- Can query terminal information for use by other programs.
- Works over SSH.
Website: sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/kittens/icat
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Developer: Kovid Goyal
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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