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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: 2026-08-11
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2018-04-21
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 420 open

60,182

stars

Forks: 1,630
Commits: 4,006 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 pytest 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: 63 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 367 open

57,053

stars

Forks: 2,288
Commits: 4,460 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 341 open

31,931

stars

Forks: 1,750
Commits: 1,081 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

highlightjs/highlight.js

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

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript npm pip

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2026-08-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-08-19
History: 7 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 98 open

24,993

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Forks: 3,753
Commits: 6,835 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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: 2026-08-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-12-25
History: 4 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 214 open

22,961

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Forks: 1,375
Commits: 1,337 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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: 2026-07-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-09-09
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 19 open

12,239

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Forks: 821
Commits: 416 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

Rich MySQL Terminal Client with AutoCompletion, Syntax Highlighting, and Dataframes

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Stack

Python pytest uv

GitHub topics

#auto-completion #data-science #database #mycli #mysql #python

Updated: 2026-08-29
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2015-04-05
History: 12 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 1 open

11,970

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Forks: 697
Commits: 3,701 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 56 open

9,105

stars

Forks: 345
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: 2026-08-16
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2025-11-08
History: 7 history points
License: ISC
Issues: 13 open

4,934

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Forks: 113
Commits: 550 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: 2026-08-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-08-31
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 220 open

3,451

stars

Forks: 816
Commits: 2,860 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: 10 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 46 open

3,293

stars

Forks: 95
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: 10 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 112 open

2,761

stars

Forks: 521
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: 2026-08-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-10-19
History: 9 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 633 open

2,202

stars

Forks: 866
Commits: 7,275 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: 2026-08-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-02-19
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 26 open

1,710

stars

Forks: 54
Commits: 10,370 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: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 92 open

1,430

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: 2026-08-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-11-06
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 9 open

1,142

stars

Forks: 35
Commits: 413 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: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 16 open

601

stars

Forks: 55
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: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 13 open

160

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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