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Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
0warn against
Nov 3, 2025first mention
Jul 11, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“which is pretty cool since I can control which pdf file to show”
“Especially timg for image viewing.”
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“I usually have timg [3] installed on those servers”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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“which is pretty cool since I can control which pdf file to show”
For that specific use case you could also try `yazi`[0], which is a TUI file browser that has image (and other filetypes) preview built in. [0] https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi
“Especially timg for image viewing.”
“I usually have timg [3] installed on those servers”