kitten-icat(1) kitty kitten-icat(1) (NAME) kitten-icat - (OVERVIEW) icat kitty . : kitten icat image.jpeg ImageMagick . SSH . kitty <> . (alias) : alias icat="kitten icat" icat image.png . : ImageMagick . PNG/JPG/GIF/BMP/TIFF/WEBP . : kitty (multiplexer) screen tmux . icat --place --detect-support --print-window-size. icat . icat TTY TTY . / TTY . TTY . (backend) . TTY . : --use-window-size --place --transfer-mode --stdin=no. TTY: zsh -c 'setsid kitten icat --stdin=no --use-window-size $COLUMNS,$LINES,3000,2000 --transfer-mode=file myimage.png' setsid icat TTY . 3000 2000 TTY . kitty <> . . icat (Source code for icat) : . (Command line interface) kitten icat [options] image-file-or-url-or-directory ... cat . / . . (STDIN) . HTTP(S) FTP . (OPTIONS) --align . : center : center left right --place . . x@x . ( ) (0 0) - . --align . . place - . --scale-up [=no] . --place --fit . --fit --place . . : width : both height none width --background . : none --mirror . : none : both horizontal none vertical --clear [=no] . tmux . --clear-all [=no] (scrollback). tmux (panes) . --transfer-mode . (auto-detect) . file memory stream . file memory . : detect : detect file memory stream --detect-support [=no] . (stderr) --transfer-mode . --detection-timeout ( ) . : 10 --use-window-size width_in_cells,height_in_cells,width_in_pixels,height_in_pixels . --print-window-size [=no] x ( ) . kitten icat termios . --stdin (STDIN). STDIN . : detect : detect no yes --silent [=no] . --engine . . builtin Go . magick ImageMagick . : auto : auto builtin magick --z-index , -z Z (Z-index) . . . --1 -1,073,741,825 . : 0 --loop , -l . . . . : -1 --hold [=no] . --unicode-placeholder [=no] (Unicode placeholder) . kitty ( ) . <# graphics-unicode-placeholders> . --place . . --passthrough (passthrough) tmux . tmux tmux . --unicode-placeholder . : detect : detect none tmux --image-id . . . . 1 4294967295 . . : 0 --no-trailing-newline [=no], -n [=no] . . . --place . (AUTHOR) Kovid Goyal (COPYRIGHT) 2026, Kovid Goyal 0.48.2 July 30, 2026 kitten-icat(1)