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mcat vs MD-TUI: catalog facts
mcat	MD-TUI
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, Command line
Views images, video, Markdown, PDF and Office files in one command Available through cargo, Homebrew, AUR, Nix and Scoop	Keyboard-driven navigation with working links Syntax highlighting for code blocks
Output quality depends on the terminal's graphics support Command line only	Viewer only, not an editor No release builds published on GitHub
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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