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cheat vs navi
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | cheat | navi |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Go | Rust |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Stars | 13k | 18k |
| Latest | 5.1.0 | v2.24.0 |
| Last push | 2026-05-19 | 2026-10-16 |
| Release cadence | about 1 day between releases | about 326 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 0 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 4 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
navi replaces cheat. Alternatives to cheat →
PartialInteractive cheatsheets with fuzzy search and placeholders you fill in before running.
Both replace tldr-pages. Alternatives to tldr-pages →
PartialcheatYour own cheatsheets in plain files, alongside community ones, rather than a shared page collection.
PartialnaviInteractive cheatsheets with fuzzy search, kept in your own files or imported from tldr pages.
cheat
- 5.1.02026-02-16--update / -u flag: Pull the latest changes for all git-backed cheatpaths from the CLI. Reports per-path status (ok, sk…
- 5.0.02026-02-15The CLI argument parser has been migrated from docopt-go to cobra. This is
- 4.7.12026-02-15Internal cleanup and project restructuring. No user-facing behavior changes.
- 4.7.02026-02-15A new --brief flag provides a compact listing of cheatsheets, showing only titles and tags without file paths. This add…
- 4.6.02026-02-15Recursive .cheat directory discovery: cheat now walks up the directory tree to find .cheat directories, mirroring how g…
navi
- v2.25.0-beta12025-04-09Test Release for v2.25.0-beta1pre-release
- v2.24.02025-01-292.24.0
- v2.23.02023-12-102.23.0
- v2.22.12023-04-092.22.1
- v2.20.12022-05-182.20.1
cheat
unsigned The latest release, 5.1.0, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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navi
✓ signed The latest release, v2.24.0, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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