Chafa Hans Petter Jansson
Use this command to install Chafa:
winget install --id=hpjansson.Chafa -e Chafa is a command-line utility that converts image data, including animated GIFs, into graphics formats or ANSI/Unicode character art suitable for display in a terminal. It has broad feature support, allowing it to be used on devices ranging from historical teleprinters to modern terminal emulators and everything in between.
Chafa is a command-line utility designed to convert image data, including animated GIFs, into terminal-friendly formats such as ANSI/Unicode character art or graphics.
Key Features:
- Converts images and animations into high-quality terminal output using Unicode symbols, Sixel, Kitty, and iTerm2 formats.
- Supports multiple color modes, including Truecolor, 256-color, 16-color, and alpha transparency for vivid and accurate displays.
- Handles full-width characters (e.g., Chinese, Japanese, Korean) and glyph customization from various font files.
- Optimized performance with SIMD acceleration and multithreading for fast image processing.
