The Ruby Blocky Image Viewer
tl;dr: terminal image displayer that’s a shameless re-write of icat for Ruby
Summary
So you want to see an image, but don’t wanna leave your precious command-line?
jp2a makes you sad...
img2txt is just weird...
There is a better way!
Features
- True color support!
- Higher definition output (2 pixels per character!)
- Standard definition output (1 pixel per character!)
- Width and height controls!
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'ruby-blocky-image-viewer'And then execute:
$ bundleOr install it yourself as:
$ gem install ruby-blocky-image-viewerUsage
If you just wanna view an image checkout:
$ biv --helpOtherwise have a look at the source code, especially Biv::Viewer:
puts Biv::Viewer.new(“my-image.png”).to_sContributing
- Fork it ( https://github.com/bogwonch/ruby-blocky-image-viewer/fork )
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature) - Create a new Pull Request




