# cheat

cheat allows you to create and view interactive cheatsheets on the command-line. It was designed to help remind *nix system administrators of options for commands that they use frequently, but not frequently enough to remember.

Repository: https://github.com/cheat/cheat
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cheat
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: cheatsheets, interactive-cheatsheets, man-page, documentation, help, cheat, bash, cheatsheet
Last push: 2026-05-19T16:11:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 83, release rhythm 71, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4783, "days_push": 106, "days_rel": 199, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 13437, forks 853 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:03.332017+00:00)

## What it is
cheat is a Go-based command-line tool for creating, viewing, editing, and searching interactive cheatsheets for *nix commands. It ships without sheets but pairs with community-sourced cheatsheets and supports tags, regex search, and syntax highlighting.

## Use cases
- look up tar command options from the terminal
- create personal cheatsheets for commands I rarely use
- search cheatsheets by tag or regex
- replace man pages with quick practical examples
- maintain a personal collection of command snippets

## When to choose
- you want quick, example-driven command reminders instead of full man pages
- you want editable, personal cheatsheets with community sheets available
- you need fast regex/tag-based search over plain-text notes

## When to avoid
- you need full, exhaustive command documentation
- you want a GUI or web-based reference tool
- you need cheatsheets synced with a team via a shared service

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, documentation, search-engine
- domain: developer-tools, documentation
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: cheatsheets, command-line-reference, man-page-alternative, sysadmin-tools, syntax-highlighting, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- cheat/cheat (main) score 82
- cheat/cheatsheets (docs) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:03.332017+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:13:18.029381+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cheat/cheat (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:03.332017+00:00, sha 9cf58d25e00d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.