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sharkdp/bat

A cat(1) clone with wings.

Stack

Rust Cargo CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#cli #command-line #git #hacktoberfest #rust #syntax-highlighting

Updated: 2026-07-01
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2018-04-21
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 387 open

59,524

stars

Forks: 1,574
Commits: 3,963 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Textualize/rich

Rich is a Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in the terminal.

Stack

Python PEP 517 pip Poetry

GitHub topics

#ansi-colors #emoji #markdown #progress-bar #progress-bar-python #python

Updated: 2026-06-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-11-10
History: 45 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 360 open

56,875

stars

Forks: 2,236
Commits: 4,460 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +38 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

DevToys-app/DevToys

A Swiss Army knife for developers.

Stack

C# ASP.NET Core .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#blazor #cross-platform #csharp #desktop #desktop-app #desktop-application

Updated: 2026-02-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-09-05
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 335 open

31,765

stars

Forks: 1,751
Commits: 1,081 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

highlightjs/highlight.js

JavaScript syntax highlighter with language auto-detection and zero dependencies.

Stack

JavaScript npm pip

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest #highlighting #javascript #language-grammars #syntax-highlighter #syntax-highlighting

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-08-19
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 175 open

24,960

stars

Forks: 3,732
Commits: 6,750 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting

Fish shell like syntax highlighting for Zsh.

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#screenshot #shell #syntax-highlighting #zsh #zsh-syntax-highlighting

Updated: 2026-02-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-12-25
History: 2 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 211 open

22,831

stars

Forks: 1,376
Commits: 1,335 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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cyrus-and/gdb-dashboard

Modular visual interface for GDB in Python

Stack

Python

GitHub topics

#ansi #assembly #console #dashboard #dashboard-styles #debugger

Updated: 2025-11-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-09-09
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 19 open

12,223

stars

Forks: 821
Commits: 415 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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dbcli/mycli

A Terminal Client for MySQL with AutoCompletion and Syntax Highlighting.

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Stack

Python pytest PEP 517

GitHub topics

#auto-completion #database #mycli #mysql #python #syntax-highlighting

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2015-04-05
History: 10 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 11 open

11,940

stars

Forks: 695
Commits: 3,355 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

httpie/http-prompt

An interactive command-line HTTP and API testing client built on top of HTTPie featuring autocomplete, syntax highlighting, and more. https://twitter.com/httpie

Stack

Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#api #api-cli #api-testing #autocomplete #cli #developer-tools

Updated: 2024-05-21
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-04-06
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 56 open

9,101

stars

Forks: 343
Commits: 391 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

unhappychoice/gitlogue

A cinematic Git commit replay tool for the terminal, turning your Git history into a living, animated story.

Stack

Rust Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#cli #cli-tool #code-animation #commit-history #developer-tools #git

Updated: 2026-07-05
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2025-11-08
History: 5 history points
License: ISC
Issues: 12 open

4,838

stars

Forks: 107
Commits: 524 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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rouge-ruby/rouge

A pure Ruby code highlighter that is compatible with Pygments

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Stack

Ruby Sinatra Bundler

GitHub topics

#minitest #rubocop #ruby #syntax-highlighting

Updated: 2026-06-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-08-31
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 233 open

3,444

stars

Forks: 814
Commits: 2,849 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

dbcli/litecli

CLI for SQLite Databases with auto-completion and syntax highlighting

AI dev

Stack

Python pytest PEP 517

GitHub topics

#linux #prompt-toolkit #python #sqlite #syntax-highlighting

Updated: 2026-06-18
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-05-13
History: 8 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 40 open

3,276

stars

Forks: 93
Commits: 577 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

pkulchenko/ZeroBraneStudio

Lightweight Lua-based IDE for Lua with code completion, syntax highlighting, live coding, remote debugger, and code analyzer; supports Lua 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, LuaJIT and other Lua interpreters on Windows, macOS, and Linux

Stack

Lua

GitHub topics

#debugger #editor #ide #lua #lua-engines #syntax-highlighting

Updated: 2024-05-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-09-03
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 112 open

2,764

stars

Forks: 523
Commits: 4,115 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

pygments/pygments

Pygments is a generic syntax highlighter written in Python

Stack

Python Meson PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#python #syntax-highlighting

Updated: 2026-07-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-10-19
History: 7 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 588 open

2,182

stars

Forks: 825
Commits: 7,240 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

leo-arch/clifm

💾 The shell-like, command line terminal file manager

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#autosuggestion #batch-rename #c #cli #command-line #console

Updated: 2026-07-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-02-19
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 25 open

1,698

stars

Forks: 51
Commits: 10,179 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

subethaedit/SubEthaEdit

General purpose plain text editor for macOS. Widely known for its live collaboration feature.

Stack

Objective-C

GitHub topics

#appkit #cocoa #code #collaboration #collaborative-editing #creative-writing

Updated: 2025-11-09
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2003-09-16
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 92 open

1,424

stars

Forks: 115
Commits: 5,832 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sibprogrammer/xq

Command-line XML and HTML beautifier and content extractor

Stack

Go Cobra Go modules

GitHub topics

#cli #formatter #golang #html #syntax-highlighting #terminal

Updated: 2026-06-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-11-06
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 15 open

1,129

stars

Forks: 35
Commits: 386 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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rtfpessoa/diff2html-cli

Pretty diff to html javascript cli (diff2html-cli)

Stack

TypeScript npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#cli #colorized #diff #diff2html #git #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-02-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-09-02
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 16 open

595

stars

Forks: 54
Commits: 362 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

CodingFriends/Tincta

Tincta is a one-window text editor for macOS with focus on speed, stability and ease of use.

Stack

Objective-C

GitHub topics

#app #code #color-themes #editor #mac #macos

Updated: 2024-09-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-09-05
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 13 open

158

stars

Forks: 21
Commits: 136 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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