Tapciify

CLI tool that can let you view images in terminal

How to use

Install

1. Install rustup

2. Run:

bash rustup default stable

1. Install via cargo from crates.io:

bash cargo install tapciify

1. Windows: Install Microsoft Visual Studio with C++ support.

2. Linux: Install cc-linker (Ubuntu)

bash apt install build-essential

Images

1. Run: tapciify -i imageDir -w imageWidth for image.

2. Run: tapciify -i imageDir -w imageWidth -r for reversed colors.

Videos

Requires ffmpeg

1. Make frames from video into dir:

bash mkdir frames; ffmpeg -i badapple.mkv -r 24 frames/%08d.jpeg

1. Run:

bash tapciify -i dir -w videoWidth -d -f 24

• -d set mode to video
• -f 24 - set fps for video

Examples

| Original | Ascii | Ascii colored | | ------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | Original image (Shima Rin from Laid-Back Camp manga) | tapciify -i ./assets/original.png -w 100 | tapciify -i ./assets/original.png -w 100 -c |