Sixel

File Format
Name	Sixel
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics Sixel
Extension(s)	.six, .sixel

Sixel is a raster graphics format used by some DEC terminals and printers. It consists of control codes and data such that, when printed to the terminal, an image will be displayed.

Identification

Sixel files begin with 0x90 (DCS), or 0x1B 0x50 (Esc P).

Specifications

• VT330/VT340 Programmer Reference Manual

Software

• ImageMagick (starting with v6.8.9-9)
• libsixel
• Netpbm: ppmtosixel (write-only)
• Farbfeld Utilities (write only)
• xterm
• abydos

Sample files

• dexvert samples — image/sixel

Links

• Wikipedia article