EPUB to SIXEL Converter

Convert EPUB ebook pages to SIXEL terminal images

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Inline Terminal Display

EPUB pages as SIXEL graphics display directly in your terminal — no separate image viewer needed to preview ebook content.

Quick Processing

SIXEL encoding from EPUB pages finishes rapidly on cloud servers — most files are ready to download in seconds.

Private by Design

EPUB uploads are deleted right after conversion. SIXEL results are purged from Convertio servers within 24 hours.

How to convert EPUB to SIXEL

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Select files from Computer, Google Drive, Dropbox, URL or by dragging it on the page.

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Choose sixel or any other format you need as a result (more than 200 formats supported)

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Let the file convert and you can download your sixel file right afterwards

About formats

EPUB (Electronic Publication) is an open ebook standard originally developed by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) and now maintained by the W3C following the organizations' merger in 2017. The first version carrying the EPUB name was approved in October 2007 as a successor to the Open eBook Publication Structure (OEBPS). An EPUB file is essentially a ZIP archive containing XHTML or HTML5 content documents, CSS stylesheets, images, fonts, and metadata organized according to the Open Packaging Format and Open Container Format specifications. The current major version, EPUB 3, supports reflowable and fixed-layout content, embedded multimedia, JavaScript interactivity, MathML equations, and rich accessibility features including semantic markup and media overlays for synchronized text and audio. A defining advantage is universal device support — unlike proprietary formats, EPUB works natively on virtually every non-Kindle e-reader, tablet, and reading application, from Apple Books and Google Play Books to Kobo and dozens of third-party apps. The reflowable text model is another core strength, automatically adapting pagination, font size, and margins to match any screen dimension and user preference. EPUB's open specification and active W3C stewardship ensure long-term preservation and vendor independence, making it the de facto standard for digital publishing across libraries, academic institutions, and commercial retailers worldwide.
Initial release: October 2007
SIXEL (Six Pixel) is a bitmap graphics encoding format created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1983 for rendering images on character-cell printers and video terminals. The name derives from the encoding's fundamental unit: a column of six pixels represented by a single ASCII character. Each printable character in the sixel data stream (ASCII 63-126) encodes a 6-pixel vertical column, with the character's binary value determining which pixels are on or off. Color is specified through register-based palette control: a Select Color Sequence assigns an HLS or RGB color value to a numbered register, and subsequent sixel characters use that color until another register is selected. The encoding supports raster attributes for specifying pixel aspect ratio and image dimensions, repeat sequences (! followed by a count and character) for run-length compression of identical columns, and $ (carriage return) and - (new line) for navigating the sixel grid. DEC implemented SIXEL support in their VT240, VT241, VT330, and VT340 terminals, as well as multiple printer models. One advantage of the SIXEL encoding is its ASCII-clean nature: the data stream consists entirely of printable characters and standard control sequences, meaning SIXEL graphics can be transmitted through any text-based communication channel — serial terminals, SSH sessions, telnet connections — without requiring binary-safe transport or protocol modifications. The format's modern renaissance provides another remarkable dimension: after decades of obscurity, SIXEL support has been implemented in numerous contemporary terminal emulators, enabling inline image display in command-line workflows. SIXEL output can be generated by ImageMagick, libsixel, chafa, and various plotting libraries.
Initial release: 1983

Frequently Asked Questions

Why convert EPUB to SIXEL?

SIXEL encodes images for inline terminal display — perfect for embedding ebook page previews in terminal-based documentation or CLI tools.

Which terminals support SIXEL?

xterm, mlterm, mintty, foot, WezTerm, and iTerm2 (with nightly builds) can render SIXEL graphics directly in the terminal window.

What color depth does SIXEL support?

SIXEL supports up to 256 colors per image — enough for clear, recognizable renders of most EPUB page content.

Can I convert multiple EPUB pages?

Yes — each page of the ebook is rendered as an individual SIXEL image, maintaining the original reading sequence throughout.

Is this conversion free?

Entirely free. Convertio performs EPUB to SIXEL conversion at no cost. Premium accounts offer higher limits.