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ohmyzsh
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The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives.
Hence, a higher number means a better bat alternative or higher similarity.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2026-05-07.
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5 CLI Tools I Use to Keep Terminal Workflows Less Annoying
But for reading code, scripts, configs, Markdown, YAML, JSON, or anything where your eyes are expected to survive the experience, bat is much nicer.
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I Made a Terminal Pager
Didn't know that! I tried it and it doesn't work for me, sadly. Test case: `seq 1 100 | bat --pager=builtin` Result: immediate exit, no output printed at all.
https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/issues/1053
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How to setup Terminal tools for Mac
sharkdp/bat
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Ask HN: What dev tools do you rely on that nobody talks about?
https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin for fuzzy shell history (ctrl+r)
https://github.com/sharkdp/bat (nice coloured cat replacement)
https://github.com/abiosoft/colima (so I don't need docker desktop)
https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb (performant database that lets you directly query JSON, parquet, csv files with SQL queries and convert one to the other.
https://github.com/eradman/entr (rerun commands automatically when provided files change) (useful for rerunning test commands automatically once you save the file you're editing.
https://github.com/martinvonz/jj and https://github.com/idursun/jjui (Jujutsu VCS, been using it for three months and I really enjoy it)
https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker (managing containers, images, volumes easily)
https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit (best tui for git and outside niche git commands, the fastest way to use git.)
https://github.com/jdx/mise (fast asdf, direnv, and task runner replacement) (install pretty much version of tool, language, env vars in a per directory level. (Or global if you want))
https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide (intelligent cd to move between directories incredibly quickly)
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10 More CLI Tools for AI Coding: Part 2 Terminal Workflow Guide
bat is cat with syntax highlighting, line numbers, and git integration. It's a drop-in replacement that makes reading files in the terminal actually pleasant.
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Stop using cat
bat is a cat alternative with syntax highlighting and line numbering to name a few features while being a drop in replacement to workflows you have that use regular cat.
- Ask HN: Have you ever cloned a cat?
- Mi Setup para el 2026
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Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding
I would guess a phone is way too small for side by side diffs, and a simple `git diff` would probably be more useful. If you want better syntax highlighting you could setup bat[0] as your difftool.
[0]: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat
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Zsh 및 쉘 환경 설정 가이드
bat GitHub
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The primary programming language of bat is Rust.
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