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Show HN: Pit – terminal image viewer in C (300 KB, no dependencies, true color)

2•FerkiHN•3h ago
Hi HN, I made a small terminal image viewer in C called PIT (Phono In Terminal). It displays PNG and JPG images using ANSI color codes — either true RGB, 256-color, or 16-color fallback.

It’s written in plain C with no dependencies (only stb_image.h) and works on any ANSI-compatible terminal: Linux, macOS, WSL, Termux, even embedded systems.

The binary is around 300 KB. No SDL, no ImageMagick, no ffmpeg.

Repo: https://github.com/Ferki-git-creator/phono-in-terminal-image...

Would love your feedback — especially from CLI tool enthusiasts or folks working on lightweight systems.

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FerkiHN•3h ago
Just to clarify — I don't really care about stars as "fame", but I’ve noticed users tend to trust tools more if they have a few. So if you find it useful, starring it helps build that trust. But no pressure — the code speaks for itself
CLPadvocate•3h ago
Would you please stop re-posting the same tool every few hours? It's probably the tenth post about it that I saw recently.
FerkiHN•3h ago
I understand your reaction — I really didn’t mean to come off as pushy. I’m still new here and learning how to share my work in a way that fits the community. It’s not about promotion, just hoping to get feedback from folks who might find lightweight, dependency-free tools interesting. Thanks for pointing it out — I’ll be more careful with reposting

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