Command-line tool

catimg

brew/catimg

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Insanely fast image printing in your terminal

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install catimg

Linux

brew install catimg

Print a JPEG, PNG, or GIF to the terminal

catimg path/to/file

Double the [r]esolution of an image

catimg -r 2 path/to/file

Disable 24-bit color for better [t]erminal support

catimg -t path/to/file

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