mdcat
Project: https://github.com/lunaryorn/mdcat
Author: Sebastian Wiesner
Alternative to: cat
License: MPL-2.0
Language: Rust
Page updated: 2026-03-15
Works with: Markdown
mdcat renders Markdown to the terminal.
- Nicely renders all basic CommonMark syntax (no tables or footnotes though)
- Highlights code blocks with syntect
- Shows links and images inline in supported terminals
- Adds jump marks for headings in iTerm2 (jump forwards and backwards with ⇧⌘↓ and ⇧⌘↑)