4 stable releases

1.2.3 Dec 24, 2023
1.1.1 Dec 24, 2023
1.0.0 Dec 24, 2023

#1316 in Web programming

MIT license

195KB
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VIT - View Images in Terminal

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Install

Install using cargo

cargo install vit

or download from releases

Dependancies

On linux you need x11 and openssl installed, to install on ubuntu or debian run

sudo apt-get install xorg-dev libssl-dev

Windows and Mac do not require any dependancies

Usage

$ vit --help
Usage: vit.exe [OPTIONS] <FILE>

Arguments:
  <FILE>

Options:
  -c, --char-size <CHAR_SIZE>  [default: 1]
  -h, --help                   Print help
  -V, --version                Print version

file can be a path to a file or an image url

char-size is the number of characters per pixel, usually 2 or 3 works best for square pixels

Example

$ vit "https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2023/12/08/16/07/chocolate-8437801_1280.jpg" -c 2 Example Output

Resolution

Resolution is dependant on terminal font size High Res Example

You can usually use mouse wheel scroll or trackpad pinch to set change font size

Dependencies

~10–22MB
~321K SLoC