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img-view

Shows images in a pane beside the conversation: real pixels where the terminal draws them, colour block art everywhere else

Code you can checkTerminalPaneStatus lineBoxButtonText

What it does

  • Draws a pane, the status line in the terminal
  • Adds /img
  • Watches tool calls
  • Hooks session.start
  • Starts processes

Good points

  • No network calls
  • Small: 355 lines
  • Written in TypeScript
  • Has a desktop-specific branch

Code to start from

Two kinds: a starter modscode writes from the design above, and the lines of the mod's own code that draw it.

Starter (register.tsx)

register.tsx
import type { Register } from 'claude-code'

// Drawn like img-view by Liang Li (pane, status), as modscode read it from the mod's code:
// https://modscode.com/gallery/liliang-cn-img-view/
// Written by modscode from that reading, not copied from the mod: use it as you like.
// Each value below stands for one the mod works out at run time; put in your own.
export const register: Register = on => {
}

The mod's own code

Shown under the mod's licence (MIT); its text is below. Keep the notice if you copy these lines.

mods/img-view/hooks/register.tsx lines 117–177 · Pane
  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: PANE }, async ($, e) => {
    const ui = $.ui.resolve(e)
    const { Box, Text, Button } = ui
    const list = await read($, pictures)
    const at = Math.min(Math.max(await read($, selected), 0), list.length - 1)
    const picture = list[at]
    if (!picture) return <Text dimColor>No pictures yet. /img path shows one; AIGUI's drawings and image files Claude reads appear here.</Text>

    const name = picture.path.split('/').pop() ?? picture.path
    const alt = `${picture.label} — ${name}`
    const go = (step: number) => () => update($, selected, () => Math.min(Math.max(at + step, 0), list.length - 1))
    // The pane's own body, not the terminal: two rows go to the title line and the buttons.
    const room = {
      columns: Math.max(10, e.props.bodyColumns ?? (e.viewport?.columns ?? 80) - 2),
      rows: Math.max(4, (e.props.scroll?.bodyRows ?? (e.viewport?.rows ?? 30) - 4) - 2),
    }

    let body
    try {
      const size = picture.width && picture.height ? { width: picture.width, height: picture.height } : await sizeOf($, picture.path)
      if (!size) throw new Error('unknown size')
      const box = fit(size.width, size.height, room)
      if (e.surface === 'terminal') {
        const { Image, Raster } = $.ui.resolve(e as typeof e & { surface: 'terminal' })
        if ((await hasPixels($)) && /\.png$/i.test(picture.path)) {
          body = <Image key="picture" source={{ png: await pngOf($, picture.path) }} columns={box.columns} rows={box.rows} alt={alt} />
        } else {
          const drawn = await blocksOf($, picture.path, box.columns, box.rows)
          body = <Raster key="picture" cells={drawn.cells} columns={drawn.columns} rows={drawn.rows} />
        }
      } else if ('Svg' in ui && /\.(png|jpe?g|gif|webp)$/i.test(picture.path)) {
        const { Svg } = ui as typeof ui & { Svg: (props: { source: string; alt: string }) => unknown }
        const kind = /\.png$/i.test(picture.path) ? 'png' : /\.gif$/i.test(picture.path) ? 'gif' : /\.webp$/i.test(picture.path) ? 'webp' : 'jpeg'
        const data = await pngOf($, picture.path)
        const svg = `<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 ${size.width} ${size.height}"><image width="${size.width}" height="${size.height}" href="data:image/${kind};base64,${data}"/></svg>`
        body = <Svg source={svg} alt={alt} />
      } else {
        body = <Text dimColor>{alt}</Text>
      }
    } catch (error) {
      body = <Text dimColor>{name}: {(await $.fs.exists(picture.path)) ? String((error as Error).message) : 'no longer on disk'}.</Text>
    }

    return (
      <Box flexDirection="column">
        <Box>
          <Text bold>{picture.label}</Text>
          <Text dimColor> {at + 1}/{list.length}  {name}</Text>
          {picture.issues > 0 && <Text color="yellow">  {picture.issues} problem{picture.issues === 1 ? '' : 's'} found</Text>}
        </Box>
        {body}
        <Box>
          <Button key="prev" hotkey="p" label="Previous" plain onPress={go(-1)} />
          <Text> </Text>
          <Button key="next" hotkey="n" label="Next" plain onPress={go(1)} />
          <Text> </Text>
          <Button key="open" hotkey="o" label="Open" plain onPress={() => $.process.run(['open', picture.path])} />
        </Box>
      </Box>
    )
  })
Licence text (MIT)
MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 Liang Li

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

What its code calls

runs programsreads filesenv varstool calls

What its code shows

Read from the source at commit a35ffba589ce on 2026-10-06. The first group decides whether a mod is listed; the rest is for you to weigh. A later commit is not read until the next crawl.

Decides the listing: code you can check
Entry readEvery module hooks/hooks.json names was read.mods/img-view/hooks/register.tsx
ParsesEvery file parses as TypeScript or JavaScript.2 files parsed
All its code is in the modEvery import is a file of the mod or the engine's own module; no packages, no require.all its code is in the mod
ReadableNo minified lines, no eval or new Function, no import of a computed path, no encoded blobs.no minified code, no eval, no encoded blobs
Calls in the openNetwork and programs are reached as $.http.fetch and $.process.run in place, never passed around.every call outside goes through $ in the open
For you to weigh before installing
Where it drawsThe terminal, the desktop app, both, or nothing (hooks only: a guard or a prompt rewriter), as its code says. Shown, never a reason to leave a mod out.draws in the terminal only
Install lineWhether its repository's own .claude-plugin/marketplace.json lists it, so it installs from that marketplace with the lines on its page.listed in its repository's .claude-plugin/marketplace.json: installs from there
Programs on WindowsWhether every program it starts through $.process exists on Windows (tail, date, open, osascript, /usr/… do not).mods/img-view/hooks/register.tsx:173 open (not on Windows)
NetworkWhether every fetch names its https host in the code.no network
ProgramsWhether every program it starts is named in the code and is not a shell, an interpreter or a network tool.sips, magick, open (reaches the network)
Reads and sendsWhether it both reads files or environment variables and reaches the network.reads environment variables and files and reaches the network
Keys in the sourceWhether the source holds what looks like an API key or a private key.no keys in the source
LicenceAn open licence (MIT, Apache-2.0, BSD, ISC, Unlicense, 0BSD, CC0) with its text lets modscode show its code; otherwise the code is linked.MIT

This is a reading of the code text, not a security review: it does not run the mod, and it cannot see what a program the mod starts does. The check before installing is yours. How mods are chosen

Install it

Check it yourself before you install it. Mods run unsandboxed, with your permissions, and modscode does not vouch for what this code does. Read the code below (or run claude plugin validate . in its folder), weigh what it reaches, and install the commit you read.

Its repository is its marketplace. Add that marketplace (in the terminal with these commands, or in the desktop app's plugin settings) and install the mod from it:

/plugin marketplace add liliang-cn/aigui
/plugin install img-view@aigui

This installs the marketplace's latest commit, which may not be the one read here (a35ffba589ce). Compare them before you install.

Ask Claude about it

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Read the modscode design "liliang-cn-img-view" with its code and make me a pane like it

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