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cmus-sixel

album art in cmus with terminals that support sixel graphics which most do even minimal ones like st terminal. it is minimal and posix compliant and easy to use. have fun xD 2026-09-12-154559_1920x1080_scrot 2026-09-10-194319_1920x1080_scrot

Requirements

  • Terminal with sixel support
  • ffmpeg
  • img2sixel

Install

cp cmus-sixel.sh ~/.config/cmus/
chmod +x ~/.config/cmus/cmus-sixel.sh
cmus-remote -C "set status_display_program=~/.config/cmus/cmus-sixel.sh"

Bonus

you can also run the script standalone in a different terminal to print the current playing song album cover. Use the script anyway you like xD

sh cmus-sixel.sh && echo