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sharkdp/bat

A cat(1) clone with wings.

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How fast sharkdp/bat is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

Activity and trending

Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Sep 7 – Nov 6, 2026

Stars +792 in 61 days

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38

Forks +3,689 in 61 days

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178

Merged PRs 30 in 61 days

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Trendshift Trendingwhere the repository ranked each day it made the top 25

Not in the Trendshift top 25 in this period

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
DayStars gainedForks gainedMerged PRs
Mon, Sep 7, 2026+5+10
Tue, Sep 8, 2026+8+20
Wed, Sep 9, 2026+0+00
Thu, Sep 10, 2026+9+00
Fri, Sep 11, 2026+18+00
Sat, Sep 12, 2026+12+40
Sun, Sep 13, 2026+8+00
Mon, Sep 14, 2026+12+30
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+10+30
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+9+140
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+16+1300
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+12+1300
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+4+1030
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+8+1140
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+15+350
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+17+21
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+13+450
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+9+1690
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+10+1350
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+6+1690
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+10+1460
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+9+780
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+9+1330
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+8+100
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+10+21
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+15+1310
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+16+870
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+12+1440
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+13+950
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+8+1400
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+1+501
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+19+520
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+28+1420
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+17+1780
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+9+1460
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+15+630
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+8+1610
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+0+1223
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+21+630
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+11+1460
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+18+23
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+7+770
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+17+940
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+25+542
Wed, Oct 21, 2026+15+770
Thu, Oct 22, 2026+8+560
Fri, Oct 23, 2026+15+50
Sat, Oct 24, 2026+9+60
Sun, Oct 25, 2026+17+140
Mon, Oct 26, 2026+23+170
Tue, Oct 27, 2026+13+170
Wed, Oct 28, 2026+22+201
Thu, Oct 29, 2026+0+221
Fri, Oct 30, 2026+14+130
Sat, Oct 31, 2026+15+180
Sun, Nov 1, 2026+11+251
Mon, Nov 2, 2026+21+66
Tue, Nov 3, 2026+19+24
Wed, Nov 4, 2026+26+14
Thu, Nov 5, 2026+38+152
Fri, Nov 6, 2026+19+00
Total+792+3,68930
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    • GitHub trending history

    Where the repository ranked on GitHub Trending, one dot for each day it was on a list

    Oct 21, 2025Best #6

    #1#5#10#15#20#25
    Top 10
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    Mentions and achievements

    Where people are talking about sharkdp/bat, and every badge it has earned
    1. Oct 301 post

      • HOLY F*CK, Terminal studio in 20 repos 20 open-source tools for Opus 5.5. Shell. Edit. Search. Git. System. Build. 01 Ghostty → GPU-native terminal 02 WezTerm → Lua-scripted terminal 03 Zellij →…

        Read full on X, posted by @0xTrackmind

        @0xTrackmind · x.com

    2. Oct 252 posts

      • 命令行看文件，也可以看得舒服一点。 bat能显示语法高亮和行号，还能显示Git修改标记。喜欢终端里顺手看代码的，可以逛逛这个项目。 #蓝V #蓝V互关 #开源项目

        Read full on X, posted by @abc123953468547

        @abc123953468547 · x.com

      • 每天一个能装的开源工具 · 第 4 期 终端里 cat 代码一片灰，找函数、对 diff 全靠眼力？ 试试 bat：带语法高亮和 Git 集成的 cat，GitHub 约 6.1 万星，MIT / Apache-2.0，Linux / Mac / Windows 都能装。 🛠能做什么 · 打开源码自动高亮，行号、文件头一目了然 · 在 Git 仓库里看文件，改动行直接标出来 ·…

        Read full on X, posted by @Daviswh

        @Daviswh · x.com

    3. 16 days earlier
    4. Oct 91 post

      • bat: a free tool for reading code in the terminal

        Read full on Reddit

        r/u_MrWillow78

    5. 2 months earlier
    6. Aug 71 post

      • My favorite little bat wrapper I just wrote

        Read full on Reddit

        r/bash

    7. 1 month earlier
    8. Jul 31 post

      • • Syntax highlighting for many programming and markup languages • Shows Git modifications with respect to the index • Automatic paging and non-printable character highlighting

        Read full on X, posted by @the_osps

        @the_osps · x.com

    9. 1 month earlier
    10. May 211 post

      • 2026年让你效率提升10倍的10个终端工具： 1. zoxide 更聪明的cd命令，学习你的习惯。输入'z proj'就能跳转到你想要的目录。 仓库 → 2. fzf 模糊查找工具，支持搜索文件、进程、git分支、shell历史等。 仓库 → 3. ripgrep 比grep快10倍。默认遵守.gitignore。一旦用过就回不了头。 仓库 → 4. lazygit…

        Read full on X, posted by @laobaishare

        @laobaishare · x.com

    11. May 201 post

      • 2026年让你效率提升10倍的10个终端工具： 1. zoxide 更聪明的cd命令，学习你的习惯。输入'z proj'就能跳转到你想要的目录。 仓库 → 2. fzf 模糊查找工具，支持搜索文件、进程、git分支、shell历史等。 仓库 → 3. ripgrep 比grep快10倍。默认遵守.gitignore。一旦用过就回不了头。 仓库 → 4. lazygit…

        Read full on X, posted by @Crypto_hedyEth

        @Crypto_hedyEth · x.com

    12. May 191 post

      • 2026年让你效率提升10倍的10个终端工具： 1. zoxide 更聪明的cd命令，学习你的习惯。输入'z proj'就能跳转到你想要的目录。 仓库 → 2. fzf 模糊查找工具，支持搜索文件、进程、git分支、shell历史等。 仓库 → 3. ripgrep 比grep快10倍。默认遵守.gitignore。一旦用过就回不了头。 仓库 → 4. lazygit…

        Read full on X, posted by @Lucy_love_AI

        @Lucy_love_AI · x.com

    13. May 161 post

      • bat 5 万+ stars，是 cat 的现代替代工具。 语法高亮、行号、Git 集成这些小体验，对每天读日志、配置、代码的人很实用。命令行效率往往就是这种小工具堆出来的。 适合：终端读文件、查配置、看代码。 不适合：只偶尔打开文本的人。 入口：

        Read full on X, posted by @Terryg5ix

        @Terryg5ix · x.com

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