9 cat alternatives

Tool Description Updated
bat A cat clone with syntax highlighting, Git integration, and automatic paging.
Rust Works with JSONWorks with MarkdownWorks with YAML
batdoc Convert Office documents and PDFs to markdown for terminal display.
Rust
ccat Colorizing cat with syntax highlighting for source code and configuration files.
Go
gat cat clone written in Go
Go Works with MarkdownWorks with JPEGWorks with GIFWorks with PNG
glow Render Markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz! Can also fetch Markdown documents from the web.
Go
hicat Display file contents with syntax highlighting and automatic language detection.
JavaScript
kat Displays file contents with syntax highlighting
C++
mdcat Renders Markdown to the terminal with syntax highlighting and inline images.
Rust Works with Markdown
see Terminal-based file viewer with syntax highlighting, Markdown rendering, and image display.
Rust Works with less

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