Sixel
Writableimage
DEC-created six pixel vertical format element that can be used to create pictures on printing or terminal screens
Identify it
| Extensions | .six.sixel |
|---|---|
| MIME types | image/x-sixel |
| Wikidata | Q7532980 |
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Open it
- ImageMagickOpen source
- AbydosOpen source
Convert it
| To | With | Fidelity | Command and losses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portable Network Graphics | ImageMagick | Lossless | convert in.six out.pngPixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped. |
| Tagged Image File Format | ImageMagick | Lossless | convert in.six out.tifPixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped. |
| GIF 89a | ImageMagick | Lossy | convert in.six out.gifReduced to 256 colours. |
| JPEG File Interchange Format 1.02 | ImageMagick | Lossy | convert in.six out.jpgLossy compression. |
| WebP | ImageMagick | Lossy | convert in.six out.webpLossy compression. |
Sources
From Converters (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc, LibreOffice), Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.