cacaview

Display images as ASCII art in the terminal

TLDR

Display an image as ASCII art
$ cacaview [path/to/image]

SYNOPSIS

cacaview [options] image

DESCRIPTION

cacaview displays images in the terminal as ASCII art using the libcaca library. It converts image files into colored text characters for viewing in text-mode environments.The viewer supports navigation and zooming within the displayed image.

KEY BINDINGS

n / p or PageDown / PageUp

Next / previous image.
+ / -
Zoom in / out.
x
Reset the view.
f
Toggle fullscreen.
d
Cycle dithering mode.
a
Cycle antialiasing mode.
q or Esc
Quit.

INSTALL

sudo apt install caca-utils
sudo dnf install caca-utils
sudo apk add libcaca-apps
sudo zypper install caca-utils

SEE ALSO

cacaclock(1), cacademo(1), cacafire(1), img2txt(1)