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+imv (image viewer for X and/or Wayland)
+
+imv is a command line image viewer intended for use with tiling window
+managers. Features:
+
+* Native Wayland and X11 support
+* Support for dozens of image formats including:
+ * PNG
+ * JPEG
+ * Animated GIFs (requires FreeImage or libnsgif)
+ * SVG
+ * TIFF
+ * Various RAW formats (requires FreeImage)
+ * Photoshop PSD files (requires FreeImage)
+ * WEBP
+ * HEIF/AVIF (requires libheif)
+* Configurable key bindings and behaviour
+* Highly scriptable with IPC via imv-msg
+
+Optional dependencies (autodetected):
+
+- FreeImage (support for GIF, RAW, PSD formats)
+- libnsgif (support for GIF)
+- libheif (support for HEIF/AVIF)
+- libjxl (support for JXL aka JPEG XL)
+
+If you don't have at least one of FreeImage or libnsgif, imv won't
+support GIF images at all.