Skardyy/mcat
Terminal image, video, and Markdown viewer observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
85/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 95
- Longevity 36
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 8
- age_days: 506
- days_rel: 34
- days_push: 12
- n_releases_24m: 28
Adoption not part of the score
1388 stars · 51 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Mcat is a Rust-based terminal tool that parses, converts, and previews files such as images, videos, PDFs, DOCX, HTML, and Markdown directly in the terminal. It supports multiple graphics protocols (kitty, iTerm, sixel, ASCII) and can convert between formats via a flexible pipeline.
Use cases
- preview images and videos in the terminal
- view markdown files with ANSI formatting in the terminal
- convert docx and pdf files to markdown
- render html files as png images from the command line
- display pdf documents inline in kitty or iterm terminals
- pipe file contents as markdown to other tools
- zoom and pan images interactively in the terminal
When to choose
- you want to preview rich media and documents without leaving the terminal
- you need a swiss-army file converter that outputs markdown, html, or images
- you use a terminal with graphics support like kitty, iTerm2, or sixel-capable emulators
When to avoid
- you need a full GUI document viewer with precise rendering fidelity
- you only need simple plain-text file viewing (cat suffices)
- your terminal lacks any image protocol support and you dislike ASCII output
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
cli image-processing video-processing markdown pdf file-system developer-tools developer-tools files pdf media windows cli cross-platform terminal-graphics sixel kitty-graphics iterm file-converter rust ls command-line linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/Skardyy/mcat · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9725435d6cab
- registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/mcat · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6c6b2a4a4b59
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Skardyy/mcat | main | 85 |
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