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# Alternatives
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The following table tries to give an overview *from `bat`s perspective*, i.e. we only compare
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categories which are relevant for `bat`. Some of these projects have completely different goals and
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if you are not looking for a program like `bat`, this comparison might not be for you.
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| | bat | [pygments](http://pygments.org/) | [highlight](http://www.andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/highlight.php) | [ccat](https://github.com/jingweno/ccat) | [source-highlight](https://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite/) | [hicat](https://github.com/rstacruz/hicat) | [coderay](https://github.com/rubychan/coderay) | [rouge](https://github.com/jneen/rouge) | [clp](https://github.com/jpe90/clp) |
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| Drop-in `cat` replacement | :heavy_check_mark: [*](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/issues/134) | :x: | :x: | (:heavy_check_mark:) | :x: | :x: [*](https://github.com/rstacruz/hicat/issues/6) | :x: | :x: | :x: |
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| Git integration | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
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| Automatic paging | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
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| Languages (circa) | 150 | 300 | 200 | 7 | 80 | 130 | 30 | 130 | 150 |
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| Extensible (languages, themes) | :heavy_check_mark: | (:heavy_check_mark:) | (:heavy_check_mark:) | :x: | (:heavy_check_mark:) | :x: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| Advanced highlighting (e.g. nested syntaxes) | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | (:heavy_check_mark:) ? | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
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| Execution time [ms] (`jquery-3.3.1.js`) | 422 | 455 | 299 | 39 | 208 | 287 | 128 | 740 | 22 |
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| Execution time [ms] (`miniz.c`) | 27 | 169 | 19 | 4 | 36 | 131 | 58 | 231 | 4 |
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| Execution time [ms] (957 kB XML file) | 215 | 296 | 236 | 165 | 83 | 412 | 135 | 386 | 127 |
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If you think that some entries in this table are outdated or wrong, please open a ticket or pull
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request.
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2018-09-05 19:44:53 +00:00
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Some other alternatives that are also related, but not yet included in the table:
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- [lesspipe](https://github.com/wofr06/lesspipe)
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- [vimpager](https://github.com/rkitover/vimpager)
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## Benchmarks
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The benchmarks above have been created with this script:
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```bash
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
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cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" || exit
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if ! command -v hyperfine > /dev/null 2>&1; then
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echo "'hyperfine' does not seem to be installed."
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echo "You can get it here: https://github.com/sharkdp/hyperfine"
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exit 1
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fi
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SRC="test-src/jquery-3.3.1.js"
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cmd_bat="bat --style=full --color=always --paging=never '$SRC'"
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cmd_bat_simple="bat --plain --wrap=never --tabs=0 --color=always --paging=never '$SRC'"
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cmd_pygmentize="pygmentize -g '$SRC'"
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cmd_highlight="highlight -O truecolor '$SRC'"
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cmd_ccat="ccat --color=always '$SRC'"
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cmd_source_highlight="source-highlight --failsafe --infer-lang -f esc -i '$SRC'"
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cmd_hicat="hicat '$SRC'"
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cmd_coderay="coderay '$SRC'"
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cmd_rouge="rougify '$SRC'"
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cmd_clp="clp '$SRC'"
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hyperfine --warmup 3 \
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"$cmd_bat" \
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"$cmd_bat_simple" \
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"$cmd_pygmentize" \
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"$cmd_highlight" \
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"$cmd_ccat" \
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"$cmd_source_highlight" \
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"$cmd_hicat" \
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"$cmd_coderay" \
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"$cmd_rouge" \
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"$cmd_clp" \
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```
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