Command-line tool

chafa

brew/chafa

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Versatile and fast Unicode/ASCII/ANSI graphics renderer viewer graphics image cli images terminal processing unicode ansi sixel

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id hpjansson.Chafa -e
scoop install chafa

macOS

brew install chafa

Linux

brew install chafa

Render an image directly in the terminal

chafa path/to/file

Render an image with 24-bit color

chafa -c full path/to/file

Improve image rendering with small color palettes using dithering

chafa -c 16 --dither ordered path/to/file

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