feat: add support for high resolution image rendering

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# nbcat
+<h1 align="center">nbcat: Jupyter notebooks viewer</h1>
 
-`nbcat` let you preview Jupyter notebooks directly in your terminal. Think of it as `cat`, but for `.ipynb` files.
+[nbcat](https://github.com/akopdev/nbcat) let you preview Jupyter notebooks directly in your terminal. Think of it as `cat`, but for `.ipynb` files.
 
 <p align="center">
   <a href="docs/screenshot.png" target="blank"><img src="docs/screenshot.png" width="400" /></a>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 - Very fast and lightweight with minimal dependencies.
 - Preview remote notebooks without downloading them.
 - Enable paginated view mode with keyboard navigation (similar to `less`).
-- Supports image rendering (some protocols in beta)
+- Supports image rendering in high resolution
 - Supports for all Jupyter notebook versions, including old legacy formats.
 
 ## Motivation
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ Please note, that `nbcat` doesn't aim to replace JupyterLab. If you need a full-
 ## Installation
 
 ```bash
-# Install from PyPI
-pip install nbcat
+# Install from PyPI (recommended)
+$ pip install nbcat
 
 # Install via Homebrew
-brew tab akopdev/formulas/nbcat
-brew install nbcat
+$ brew tab akopdev/formulas/nbcat
+$ brew install nbcat
 ```
 
 ## Quickstart
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ You can pass URLs as well.
 ```bash
 $ nbcat https://raw.githubusercontent.com/akopdev/nbcat/refs/heads/main/tests/assets/test4.ipynb
 ```
-In most cases system `less` will break images rendering. You can use an internal pager instead:
+In most cases system `less` will render images in low resolution. Consider using an internal pager instead:
 
 ```bash
 $ nbcat notebook.ipynb --page

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "nbcat"
-version = "0.13.2"
+version = "1.0.0"
 description = "cat for jupyter notebooks"
 authors = [
     { name = "Akop Kesheshyan", email = "devnull@akop.dev" }
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ maintainers = [
 ]
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
     "argcomplete",
-    "requests",
+    "markdownify",
     "pydantic",
+    "requests",
     "rich",
-    "timg",
     "textual",
-    "markdownify"
+    "textual-image[textual]",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]

src/nbcat/__init__.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.13.2"
+__version__ = "1.0.0"

src/nbcat/image.py

@@ -1,31 +1,26 @@
-import base64
 import shutil
 from io import BytesIO
-from platform import system
 
 from PIL import Image as PilImage
-from rich.console import Console, ConsoleOptions, RenderResult
-from rich.text import Text
-from timg import METHODS, Renderer
+from textual_image.renderable import Image
+from textual_image.renderable.halfcell import Image as HalfcellImage
+from textual_image.renderable.sixel import Image as SixelImage
+from textual_image.renderable.tgp import Image as TGPImage
+from textual_image.renderable.unicode import Image as UnicodeImage
 
 
-class Image:
-    def __init__(self, image: str, method: str = "a24h"):
-        img = BytesIO(base64.b64decode(image.replace("\n", "")))
-        self.image = PilImage.open(img)
-        self.method = method if system() != "Windows" else "ascii"
+def render_image(image_content: bytes) -> TGPImage | SixelImage | HalfcellImage | UnicodeImage:
+    """
+    Render an image from raw byte content and adjusts it to fit the terminal width.
 
-    def __rich_console__(self, console: Console, options: ConsoleOptions) -> RenderResult:
-        renderer = Renderer()
-        renderer.load_image(self.image)
-        width = shutil.get_terminal_size()[0] - 1
-        if self.method == "sixel":
-            width = width * 6
+    Args:
+        image_content (bytes): The raw byte content of the image.
 
-        renderer.resize(width)
-
-        if self.method == "sixel":
-            renderer.reduce_colors(16)
-
-        output = renderer.to_string(METHODS[self.method]["class"])
-        yield Text.from_ansi(output, no_wrap=True, end="")
+    Returns
+    -------
+        TGPImage | SixelImage | HalfcellImage | UnicodeImage: A terminal-compatible image
+        object adjusted to the current terminal width.
+    """
+    image = PilImage.open(BytesIO(image_content))
+    width = min(image.size[0], shutil.get_terminal_size()[0])
+    return Image(image, width=width, height="auto")

src/nbcat/main.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import argparse
+import base64
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -14,14 +15,15 @@
 from rich.syntax import Syntax
 from rich.text import Text
 
+from nbcat.image import render_image
+
 from . import __version__
 from .enums import CellType, OutputCellType
 from .exceptions import (
     InvalidNotebookFormatError,
     NotebookNotFoundError,
     UnsupportedNotebookTypeError,
 )
-from .image import Image
 from .markdown import Markdown
 from .pager import Pager
 from .schemas import Cell, Notebook
@@ -94,8 +96,8 @@ def _render_code(input: str, language: str = "python") -> Syntax:
     def _render_raw(input: str) -> Text:
         return Text(input)
 
-    def _render_image(input: str) -> Image:
-        return Image(input)
+    def _render_image(input: str) -> RenderableType:
+        return render_image(base64.b64decode(input.replace("\n", "")))
 
     def _render_json(input: str) -> Pretty:
         return Pretty(input)

src/nbcat/markdown.py

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import base64
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import ClassVar
 
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@
 from rich.console import Console, ConsoleOptions, RenderResult
 from rich.text import Text
 
-from .image import Image
+from .image import render_image
 
 
 class Heading(md.Heading):
@@ -53,9 +52,7 @@ def __rich_console__(self, console: Console, options: ConsoleOptions) -> RenderR
                 except requests.RequestException:
                     return super().__rich_console__(console, options)
         if image_content:
-            # TODO: This part can be improved by changing Image class to accept file objects
-            image = base64.b64encode(image_content).decode("utf-8")
-            return Image(image).__rich_console__(console, options)
+            return render_image(image_content).__rich_console__(console, options)
         return super().__rich_console__(console, options)