A .NET tool for converting standard images into Sixel format, which produces multicolored, pixelated images displayable in terminals that support it (e.g., Windows Terminal 1.22+).
For more information on Sixel, check out the Wikipedia article.
- SixLabors.ImageSharp – A powerful image processing library by SixLabors. ImageSharp is split-licensed under the Apache License 2.0 and a commercial license. For this open-source project, it qualifies for usage under the Apache 2.0 license, as it meets the criteria for open-source software use.
- System.CommandLine – A command-line parser library from Microsoft, licensed under the MIT License.
cd src/FsImageToSixel.Tool
dotnet build -c Releasecd src/FsImageToSixel.Tool
# -i: Specifies the input image file
# -s: Specifies the scale percentage
# -h: Use -h or --help to print the help
dotnet run -c Release -- -i ../../assets/dotnet-bot_branded.png -s 100Use cake:
dotnet tool run dotnet-cake -- --Target=GenerateReferenceAssetsOr do it manually:
cd src/FsImageToSixel.Tool
dotnet run -c Release -- -i ../../assets/dotnet-bot_branded.png -s 100 -o ../../assets/dotnet-bot_branded.txt -oo
dotnet run -c Release -- -i ../../assets/icon.png -s 100 -o ../../assets/icon.txt -oo
dotnet run -c Release -- -i ../../assets/cube1s.gif -s 100 -o ../../assets/cube1s.txt -oo
dotnet run -c Release -- -ei -i ../../assets/cube1s.gif -s 100 -o ../../assets/cube1s_.txt -oo