term-img

Display images in terminals using the iTerm inline image protocol

You probably want the higher-level terminal-image package for displaying your images.

Even animated gifs!

Currently only supported on iTerm >=3, WezTerm, Konsole, Rio, and VSCode integrated terminal.

Install

npm install term-img

Usage

import terminalImage from 'term-img';

function fallback() {
	// Return something else when not supported
}

console.log(terminalImage('unicorn.jpg', {fallback}));

API

terminalImage(image, options?)

Get the image as a string that you can log manually.

image

Type: string | Uint8Array

File path to an image or an image as a buffer.

options

Type: object

width

height

Type: 'auto' | string | number

The width and height are given as a number followed by a unit, or the word 'auto'.

• N: N character cells.
• Npx: N pixels.
• N%: N percent of the session's width or height.
• auto: The image's inherent size will be used to determine an appropriate dimension.

preserveAspectRatio

Type: boolean
Default: true

fallback

Type: Function
Default: () => throw new UnsupportedTerminalError()

Enables you to do something else when the terminal doesn't support images.

Related

• term-img-cli - CLI for this module
• term-kitty-img - Similar package but for Kitty, Konsole, WezTerm