timg ☆
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Description:
Terminal image and video viewer
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Multimedia
Tags: terminal image-viewer video cli sixel
Install: brew install timg
About:
Timg is a high-performance terminal image and video viewer that renders media directly in the command line using various protocols like Sixel, Kitty, and iTerm2. It provides fast, high-quality previews of images, GIFs, and videos without requiring a GUI. Its main value is enabling rich visual feedback in terminal-based workflows and remote sessions.
Key Features:
  • Supports multiple terminal graphics protocols (Sixel, Kitty, iTerm2, etc.)
  • High-performance rendering with multithreading
  • Handles images, GIFs, and video files
  • Provides detailed image metadata and statistics
Use Cases:
  • Previewing images and videos in terminal file managers like ranger or lf
  • Viewing media over SSH connections without X11 forwarding
  • Quickly inspecting image properties and dimensions in scripts
Alternatives:
  • chafa – Chafa focuses on converting images to ANSI/Unicode character art, while Timg focuses on high-fidelity graphics protocols.
  • lsix – lsix is a simple shell script for thumbnails, whereas Timg is a compiled binary with broader format support and better performance.
Version History
Detected Version Rev Change Commit
Aug 11, 2026 3:23pm 1 REVISION_ONLY da0575cf
Sep 16, 2025 6:20am 1 VERSION_BUMP d0bb8824
Sep 13, 2024 7:45pm 1 VERSION_BUMP bf4f0dbf
Apr 10, 2024 12:33pm 1 VERSION_BUMP 45664b85
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