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timg

Terminal image and video viewer for quick shell-side previews.

At a glance:

First seen:2026-05-11

Last seen:2026-05-11

Sightings:1

Source:github.com

What it is

Terminal image and video viewer for quick shell-side previews.

Why developers recommend it

A commenter framed it as a practical way to show images directly in the terminal.

Hacker News evidence

2026-05-11

The thread called out easy installation and immediate terminal previews with `brew install timg`.

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