Terminal graphics for the 21st century. Chafa is a command-line utility that converts all kinds of images, including animated GIFs, into sixel or ANSI/Unicode character output that can be displayed in a terminal. It is highly configurable, with support for alpha transparency and multiple color modes and color spaces, combining selectable ranges of Unicode characters to produce the desired output.
Terminal graphics for the 21st century. Chafa is a command-line utility that converts all kinds of images, including animated GIFs, into sixel or ANSI/Unicode character output that can be displayed in a terminal. It is highly configurable, with support for alpha transparency and multiple color modes and color spaces, combining selectable ranges of Unicode characters to produce the desired output.
To install chafa, run the following command in macOS terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal)
sudo port install chafa
To see what files were installed by chafa, run:
port contents chafa
To later upgrade chafa, run:
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade chafa
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