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viu for Mac

Simple terminal image viewer written in Rust

Quick answer: viu is a terminal emulator for macOS. Install it with brew install viu. It is distributed under the MIT licence. It has 111 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What viu is

viu is a terminal emulator for macOS: simple terminal image viewer written in Rust.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. The project is open source and lives at https://github.com/atanunq/viu.

How to install viu

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install viu.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

Prefer a graphical installer? Download it from the official site. MacPicks never hosts or mirrors binaries — the Homebrew command always pulls from the vendor's own release.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install viu on Mac?

Run brew install viu in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is viu open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the MIT licence.

Does viu run on Apple silicon?

Homebrew publishes this formula for macOS. If upstream does not ship an Apple silicon build, Rosetta 2 handles the Intel binary.

How popular is viu?

It was installed 111 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #3302 in this catalogue.

What version of viu is current?

The latest packaged version is 1.6.1.