Terminal file viewers

Show file contents in the terminal with syntax highlighting or rendering.

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Tool	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
bat	61k	Apache-2.0	Open source	No	Rust	v0.26.1	2026-10-01
Glow	28k	MIT	Open source	No	Go	v3.0.0	2026-10-05

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A cat(1) clone with wings.

Language: Rust
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 61k
Latest: v0.26.1
Last push: 2026-10-01

Render markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz! 💅🏻

Language: Go
Licence: MIT
Stars: 28k
Latest: v3.0.0
Last push: 2026-10-05