cheat vs tldr-pages

cheat vs tldr-pages
Fact	cheat	tldr-pages
Language	Go	Markdown
Licence	MIT	Other
Stars	13k	64k
Latest	5.1.0	v2.3
Last push	2026-05-19	2026-10-19
Release cadence	about 1 day between releases	about 231 days between releases
Active contributors	0 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days	60+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days
Flags	none	none

How they relate

cheat replaces tldr-pages. Alternatives to tldr-pages →
PartialYour own cheatsheets in plain files, alongside community ones, rather than a shared page collection.
tldr-pages replaces cheat. Alternatives to cheat →
PartialShared, community-maintained command examples instead of your own cheatsheets.

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…

v2.32025-03-07Client specification v2.3: Option placeholders and old asset website deprecation date
v2.22024-03-20Client specification v2.2: New cache asset URLs, 10 years of TLDR pages
v2.12023-11-30Client specification v2.1: Escaping placeholder syntax and automatic platform detection
v2.02023-09-10Client specification v2.0: Introducing individual translation archives and other changes
v1.5b2021-05-01`master` → `main` branch renaming

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