{"repo":"BIRSAx2/mdcat","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/BIRSAx2/mdcat","clone":"git clone https://github.com/BIRSAx2/mdcat.git","description":"cat for markdown","language":"Rust","stars":84,"topics":["cat","iterm2","kitty","markdown","terminal"],"license":"MPL-2.0","category":"cli-tools","readme_excerpt":"mdcat Fancy cat for Markdown (that is, [CommonMark][]): ![mdcat showcase with different colour themes][sxs] mdcat in [Ghostty], with --theme catppuccin-mocha , --theme dracula , and --theme nord (left to right), using [JetBrains Mono]. [CommonMark]: http://commonmark.org [JetBrains Mono]: https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/ [sxs]: ./screenshots/side-by-side.png Features mdcat works best with [iTerm2], [WezTerm], [kitty], and [Ghostty], and a good terminal font with italic characters. Then it - nicely renders all basic CommonMark syntax, plus definition lists, - renders footnotes and inline markup in table cells, - highlights code blocks with syntax definitions from [bat] (TOML, TypeScript, Dockerfile, Zig, Nix, and more), using the colour theme of your choice — including any theme [bat] supports via $BAT THEME , - renders inline and display math, as PNGs through the iTerm2 or kitty image protocol, and as Unicode substitutions otherwise, - renders [Mermaid][mermaid] diagrams (flowcharts, sequence diagrams, and more) in fenced console $ mdcat --theme catppuccin-mocha sample.md $ MDCAT THEME=dracula mdcat sample.md $ mdcat --list-themes # preview every built-in theme console $ BAT THEME=\"Catppuccin Mocha\" mdcat sample.md console $ mdcat --watch sample.md console $ mdpick $ mdpick docs # search below docs instead console $ ln -s \"$(command -v mdcat)\" /.local/bin/mdless $ ln -s \"$(command -v mdcat)\" /.local/bin/mdpick console $ mdcat --completions fish /usr/share/fish/vendor comple","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/BIRSAx2","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/BIRSAx2/mdcat/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}