diff --git a/completers/imv_completer/cmd/root.go b/completers/imv_completer/cmd/root.go
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index 0000000000..3ed20f267c
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+++ b/completers/imv_completer/cmd/root.go
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+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"github.com/rsteube/carapace"
+	"github.com/rsteube/carapace-bin/pkg/actions/color"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "imv",
+	Short: "Image viewer for X11 and Wayland",
+	Long:  "https://git.sr.ht/~exec64/imv/",
+	Run:   func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {},
+}
+
+func Execute() error {
+	return rootCmd.Execute()
+}
+func init() {
+	carapace.Gen(rootCmd).Standalone()
+
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("b", "b", "", "Set the background colour")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("c", "c", "", "Specify a command to be run on launch")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("d", "d", false, "Start with overlay visible")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("f", "f", false, "Start fullscreen")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("h", "h", false, "Show help message and quit")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("l", "l", false, "List open files to stdout at exit")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("n", "n", "", "Start with the given path, or index selected")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("r", "r", false, "Load directories recursively")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("s", "s", "", "Set scaling mode to use")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("t", "t", "", "Start in slideshow mode, with each image shown for the given number of seconds")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("u", "u", "", "Set upscaling method used by imv")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("v", "v", false, "Show version and quit")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("x", "x", false, "Disable looping of input paths")
+
+	carapace.Gen(rootCmd).FlagCompletion(carapace.ActionMap{
+		"b": carapace.Batch(
+			color.ActionHexColors(),
+			carapace.ActionValuesDescribed("checks", "chequered background"),
+		).ToA(),
+		"n": carapace.ActionFiles(),
+		"s": carapace.ActionValues("none", "shrink", "full", "crop"),
+		"u": carapace.ActionValues("linear", "nearest_neighbour"),
+	})
+
+	carapace.Gen(rootCmd).PositionalAnyCompletion(
+		carapace.ActionFiles(),
+	)
+}
diff --git a/completers/imv_completer/main.go b/completers/imv_completer/main.go
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/completers/imv_completer/main.go
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+package main
+
+import "github.com/rsteube/carapace-bin/completers/imv_completer/cmd"
+
+func main() {
+	cmd.Execute()
+}