sharkdp/bat
A cat(1) clone with wings.
The syntax-highlighted cat replacement that pages and diffs for you — bat adds syntax highlighting, Git-aware line markers, and automatic paging to the classic cat command. It stays usable as a drop-in cat replacement via a --paging=never alias, making it an easy daily-driver upgrade for anyone reading code or diffs in a terminal.
Metrics
Relative growth (7d)+0%Growth over the last 7 days relative to size
Acceleration+68%Change in growth pace from the week before
Attention41The three metrics scaled to 0–100 and combined
Retention can be computed 30 days after a repository first trends (it isn't shown until then). See About for how each metric is defined.
Star growth and Trending appearances (last 30 days)
First listed+104★/dayDaily
Oct 13, 2026Nov 11, 2026
Bands mark days on the trending list (darker = higher rank)
Daily trending ranks as a table (1 days)
| Date | Daily |
|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2026 | rust #16 +138 |
Created Apr 21, 2018 · First on trending Nov 7, 2026
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Rank within cli
| # | Repository | ★ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | morluto/rea | 450,256 |
| 2 | n8n-io/n8n | 210,031 |
| 3 | yt-dlp/yt-dlp | 206,748 |
| 4 | stablyai/orca | 121,560 |
| 5 | Panniantong/Agent-Reach | 110,933 |
| 6 | sherlock-project/sherlock | 109,118 |
| 7 | google-gemini/gemini-cli | 108,765 |
| 8 | OpenHands/OpenHands | 93,158 |
| 9 | rtk-ai/rtk | 86,132 |
| 10 | junegunn/fzf | 84,140 |
| 14 | sharkdp/bat | 61,291 |