img-view vs SmartCLI — drive terminal TUIs
img-view is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑15.
img-view is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Liang Li. No marketplace we read lists it any more. SmartCLI — drive terminal TUIs is an MCP server published by dwgx. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-24. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  SmartCLI — drive terminal TUIs | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace liliang-cn/aigui | Removed on 2026-10-15 Version: 0.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.5 Downloads/month (PyPI): 720 Downloads/week (PyPI): 95 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 5 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | img-viewno longer listed · | SmartCLI — drive terminal TUIs |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 5 |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (smartcli-toolkit) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/liliang-cn/aigui | github.com/dwgx/smartcli |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-13 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of img-view
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Claude Code plugin that automatically displays images returned by MCP tools. Fix Claude Code CLI shows an [Image] .
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See the images you paste into Claude Code as big previews above the prompt instead of bare [Image #1] tags
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See the images you paste into Claude Code: thumbnails above the prompt instead of bare [Image #1] tags
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Enables Ctrl+V screenshot pasting in Claude Code terminal on Windows. Installs an AutoHotkey v2 script that saves clipboard images as PNG files and types the file path into the…
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Paste clipboard screenshots into Claude Code automatically. Zero dependencies, cross-platform.
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Draws Claude's answers as rendered Markdown pictures in the terminal, with live Typst for diagrams, charts and math
What each says it does
img-view
A Claude Code mod that shows pictures in a pane beside the conversation: AIGUI's drawings, images Claude reads, or /img <path>. Real pixels in kitty, Ghostty, iTerm2 and WezTerm; colour block art in any other terminal.
SmartCLI — drive terminal TUIs
Let agents drive vim, htop, lazygit: send keys, wait on screen state, read the rendered cell grid.
How to run each
img-view
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
SmartCLI — drive terminal TUIs As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio smartcli -- uvx smartcli-toolkitCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: img-view · What it can do: SmartCLI — drive terminal TUIs · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.