How to install bat

bat is a cat replacement with syntax highlighting and Git integration. Development happens publicly, and releases are published by the project maintainers.

About the project

bat is cat replacement with syntax highlighting and Git integration. The maintainers own the project, choose releases, and publish their own documentation. This page records a few things worth knowing before you begin.

The maintainers own the project. They choose release timing, publish announcements, and write the documentation themselves. Nothing about that process is controlled from here.

How projects are distributed

Distribution depends on the project. Common routes include the system package index, a language registry, a version manager, or a source build described in the project documentation.

Check compatibility first

Check platform requirements first. Recent releases usually need a current runtime and a reasonably modern system.

Afterwards

A version query afterwards is usually enough to confirm the environment picked it up. If the result is unexpected, the usual causes are a stale path entry or a version manager resolving to a different release.

A note about this domain

These pages are maintained as reading notes. No project files are stored here.