Show HN: Pit – View PNG/JPG images directly in the terminal (no ASCII art)

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a year ago

I often work in the terminal (both Linux and Termux on Android), and I’ve always missed a simple way to view images without launching any GUI. Most tools rely on ASCII-art renderers or require large dependencies.

So I built PIT — a minimal C-based utility that displays real images (PNG/JPG) inside the terminal, using ANSI colors. No ASCII tricks — you actually see the image.

Highlights:

No GUI needed

No dependencies (just raw C + ANSI output)

Works on Linux, Termux (Android), and even Windows

Renders up to 600×600 images, even on older terminals

Demo screenshots: https://github.com/Ferki-git-creator/phono-in-terminal-image...

GitHub: https://github.com/Ferki-git-creator/phono-in-terminal-image...

I’d love to hear your thoughts, ideas for improvements, or feature requests. Thanks!

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