bbcat

Dependency-free terminal viewer for CP437 ANSI, DIZ, ADF, RIPscrip, and XBin art. It writes colored UTF-8 by default, with optional Kitty graphics and PNG output.

cargo install bbcat
bbcat art.ans
bbcat FILE_ID.DIZ
bbcat scene.xb
bbcat --kitty art.ans
bbcat --kitty art.adf
bbcat --kitty drawing.rip

Use --kitty in compatible terminals such as Kitty and Ghostty, or --output preview.png to write a PNG. XBin palettes, fonts, and RLE compression are supported; custom embedded ADF/XBin fonts require a graphical output mode. RIPscrip is rendered at 640×350 and requires --kitty or --output FILE; its bitmap and proportional BGI stroke fonts are supported. UTF-8 mode is intended for character art. Unsupported RIPscrip commands are reported instead of being silently ignored. Long terminal output is placed in scrollback.