kitty-image-viewer-simplified

This is a Python script that makes it easier to display multiple images at once in kitty terminal. The program works on linux (haven't tested on MacOS)

Screenshots

Dependencies

• kitty
• python3

Installation

You can either just run the script like this python3 kitty-image-viewer.py /path/to/image.jpg or move/copy it to /usr/local/bin/ (I called the shortcut img)

git clone https://github.com/Aadniz/kitty-image-viewer-simplified.git
cd kitty-image-viewer-simplified
sudo cp kitty-image-viewer.py /usr/local/bin/img
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/img

Usage

Show images

• img /path/to/image.jpg
• img /path/to/image.png /path/to/other/image.jpeg
• img /path/to/images*

Show image(s) at terminal maximum resolution:

• img -f /path/to/image.jpg
• img --full /path/to/image.jpg

Show image(s) at maximum resolution:

• img -m /path/to/image.jpg
• img --max /path/to/image.jpg

Show image(s) underneeth text (z-index=-1)

• img -b /path/to/image.jpg
• img --behind /path/to/image.jpg
• img -m -b /path/to/image.jpg

Clear images shown on screen:

• img -c
• img --clear

Help Menu (this page):

• img -h
• img --help

NOTES

Crappy code, bunch of if, else uhhh. It works! and it works like it should (I believe)