Favicon Editor

View, create and edit favicon.ico and favicon.png images by using a TUI.

Quick start

You can install favicon-editor with Go 1.17 or later:

go install github.com/xyproto/favicon-editor@latest

Features and limitations

• Can open both Icon files and PNG files.
• Will only save graphics as 16-color graysacle images.
• Lets you draw a simple favicon.ico file even if you are ssh'd into a server.

Hotkeys

• ctrl-q - Quit
• ctrl-s - Save
• ctrl-a - Go to start of text, then start of line and then to the previous line.
• ctrl-e - Go to end of line and then to the next line.
• ctrl-p - Scroll up 10 lines.
• ctrl-n - Scroll down 10 lines, or go to the next match if a search is active.
• ctrl-k - Delete characters to the end of the line, then delete the line.
• ctrl-d - Delete a single character.
• ctrl-x - Cut the current line.
• ctrl-c - Copy the current line.
• ctrl-v - Paste the current line.
• ctrl-u - Undo (ctrl-z is also possible, but may background the application).
• ctrl-l - Jump to a specific line number.
• esc - Redraw the screen and clear the last search.
• ctrl-space - Export to .png if editing an .ico file. Export to .ico if editing a .png file.
• ctrl-~ - Save and quit.

Manual installation

On Linux:

git clone https://github.com/xyproto/favicon-editor
cd favicon-editor
go build -mod=vendor
sudo install -Dm755 o /usr/bin/favicon-editor
gzip fav.1
sudo install -Dm644 favicon-editor.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/favicon-editor.1.gz

General info

• Version: 1.0.0
• License: 3-clause BSD
• Author: Alexander F. Rødseth <[email protected]>