nsxiv-mac 0.1.0

Keyboard-driven image viewer for macOS, modeled on nsxiv.

Highlights

• nsxiv keybindings and CLI flags on native AppKit
• Thumbnail grid with disk cache
• Animated GIF, APNG, WebP playback with frame stepping
• Edit mode (x): arrows, shapes, text, censor (pixelate/blur/solid), spotlight, numbered markers, emoji stamps
• Apple Vision: OCR, QR codes, face and PII auto-censor, background removal
• Marks and pick mode for shell workflows (-o, Q)
• Scriptable via key-handler; etc/nsxiv-rifle for file managers

Install

tar -xzf nsxiv-mac-0.1.0-macos-arm64.tar.gz
mv nsxiv-mac ~/bin/   # or anywhere in $PATH

Unsigned binary: if Gatekeeper complains, run
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine nsxiv-mac.

Apple silicon only. For Intel, build from source: swift build -c release.

Requires macOS 13+. Background removal needs macOS 14+.