Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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If you've ever wanted to view images in the terminal, you've probably used Überzug. But Überzug is no longer maintained after the author shut down the repo. With no more Überzug, how are we supposed to preview anime wallpapers in terminal file managers? In this video, I'll go over some alternatives, including Uberzug forks and alternatives like Kitty's image protocol and Sixel.

ueberzug fork: github.com/ueber-devel/ueberzug
ueberzugpp: github.com/jstkdng/ueberzugpp
Are We Sixel Yet? arewesixelyet.com
lf-sixel: github.com/horriblename/lf

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0:00 Intro
1:53 Ueberzug forks
2:58 Ueberzugpp
4:00 What's wrong with Ueberzug?
4:47 Image support in kitty
6:35 Displaying images in the terminal with Sixel
10:13 My recommendations
11:36 Conclusion