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brew install tpix

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overview

Package summary

Simple terminal image viewer using the Kitty graphics protocol

Project links

Commands and aliases

tpix

history

Project history and usage

tpix is a small terminal image viewer built around the Kitty graphics protocol. Its README presents it as a simple Nim program that can render common image formats directly in compatible terminals.

Project history

The project was created in 2022 by Jesper Vedberg as a personal answer to a remote-computing workflow problem. The README explains that the author, working as a bioinformatician on remote servers and clusters without root access, wanted an easy way to inspect plots over SSH after moving from iTerm2 on macOS to Kitty on Linux.

The implementation choice reflects that origin: tpix was written in Nim so it could be compiled and cross-compiled into small, statically linked binaries that could be copied to systems where the user could not install packages globally. GitHub release metadata shows four 1.0.x releases between May and June 2022.

Adoption history

tpix remains a niche package-manager tool. Its upstream README documents release binaries for Linux and macOS, source installation through Nimble, and testing with Kitty, WezTerm, and Konsole. Homebrew packages it as `tpix`, making the single-purpose terminal image viewer available through the normal Unix package workflow.

How it is used

Typical use is direct and Unix-like: run `tpix image.jpg` or pipe image data through standard input. The tool resizes images to terminal width by default and exposes flags for dimensions, background handling, filename printing, and resize behavior.

Why package nerds care

For package collectors, tpix is notable less as a large application than as a tidy example of the post-Kitty terminal graphics ecosystem: a tiny compiled CLI, packaged for Homebrew, that solves the remote-server 'quickly inspect an image' workflow without a GUI or root privileges.

Timeline

2022-04: GitHub repository created.
2022-05: v1.0.0 released.
2022-06: v1.0.3 released.

Related projects

Kitty, WezTerm, Konsole, Nim, Pixie, Cligen, iTerm2 terminal image workflows.

Sources

https://api.github.com/repos/jesvedberg/tpix
https://github.com/jesvedberg/tpix#readme
https://github.com/jesvedberg/tpix/releases
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security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:image

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`tpix`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version1.0.3

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv1.0.3

https://github.com/jesvedberg/tpix

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:tpix
Version	1.0.3
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/tpix
Homepage	https://github.com/jesvedberg/tpix
Repository	https://github.com/jesvedberg/tpix
Upstream docs	https://github.com/jesvedberg/tpix#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/jesvedberg/tpix/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.3.tar.gz
Build dependencies	nim
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	tpix
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

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Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/tpix.yml

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