Alternatives to the cat command

bat

A cat clone with syntax highlighting, Git integration, and automatic paging.

Rust MIT license Works with JSON Works with Markdown Works with YAML
gat

cat clone written in Go

Go MIT license Works with Markdown Works with JPEG Works with GIF Works with PNG
glow

Render Markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz! Can also fetch Markdown documents from the web.

Go MIT license
mdcat

Renders Markdown to the terminal with syntax highlighting and inline images.

Rust MPL-2.0 license Works with Markdown

bat