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ovbat
Free

The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…

 Free

Free and open source, dual licensed under the Apache 2.0 and MIT licences.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Includes searching, column views and file-following modes.
  • Syntax highlighting for a very large number of languages
  • Git integration showing added and modified lines in the margin
  • Requires a terminal and does not edit the source files.
  • Command line only
  • Slower than cat on very large files because of the highlighting
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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