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Terminal Sixel Graphics Support

Discussions center on which terminal emulators support sixel graphics and image display features, naming compatible ones like Kitty and Alacritty while noting limitations in others like xterm and VT100 emulations.

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justaj • Oct 1, 2020 • View on HN

Don't all terminal emulators have the ability to display something though?

testific8 • Jun 13, 2021 • View on HN

Quite a number of terminal emulators have this feature. Alacritty and xfce4 terminal as well.

themk • Oct 21, 2023 • View on HN

Many terminal emulators do do this.

forgotpwd16 • Jun 6, 2024 • View on HN

As long as terminal used supports sixel graphics.

burgerbrain • Dec 14, 2011 • View on HN

(Unfortunately) yes, only some terminal emulators support it though.

yochem • Oct 19, 2023 • View on HN

Terminal emulators don't support it

mzs • Jun 26, 2025 • View on HN

I agree, imagine this as a TUI in xterm-256!

alchemist1e9 • Nov 6, 2023 • View on HN

Extremely cool. Do the terminal emulators support sixel?

bpye • Nov 19, 2021 • View on HN

I saw this. Does any other terminal emulator do this?

yonatan8070 • Aug 12, 2024 • View on HN

That sounds incredible, is there any terminal that supports it on Linux?