mcat: A Handy Tool for Previewing Images and Videos in Terminal

tom_doerr · x · 2026-08-14

mcat is a powerful command-line file parsing and preview tool that has recently gained 1.4k stars on GitHub.

It supports automatically converting local files, URLs, or standard input byte streams into inline terminal images for preview. Additionally, it can convert various formats like docx and pdf into Markdown, HTML, or images, making it easy to view complex file contents directly within the terminal.

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