The short version
Terminal image and video viewer for quick shell-side previews.
From the HackerLinks archive
timg
Terminal image and video viewer for quick shell-side previews.
At a glance:
First seen:2026-05-11
Last seen:2026-05-11
Times seen:1
Website:github.com
Why it caught our attention
A commenter framed it as a practical way to show images directly in the terminal.
Where it surfaced on Hacker News
2026-05-11
Editorial paraphrase
The thread called out easy installation and immediate terminal previews with `brew install timg`.
Original threadLinux Terminal Memory Usage
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