It’s beautiful! I actually adjusted my python code to your method and just for optimization checked if the current two pixel colors match the previous two and if so leave out the color info. Much more fidelity in the images now!

Thanks for the suggestion, gonna look into this. I didn’t want to use real images even though kitty supports them because I like the retro look and wanted it terminal agnostic for when I use termux on my phone.

/etc/update-motd.d/01-random-art don’t forget to chmod +x it and put ‘art’ in /usr/share/motd-art. MOTDs are limited to 80 characters wide, so don’t over do it. I made image_to_ansi.py to resize and convert the images.

I considered using kitty’s built-in ssh kitten to display real images, but I ended up liking the retro look more.

/etc/motd no, but it runs the scripts in /etc/update-motd.d/