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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.

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Open Source (MIT)

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Developed by
Chris Allen Lane
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Open Source (MIT) and Free product.
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Updated May 19, 2026

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cheat was added to AlternativeTo by Lunatica on May 19, 2018 and this page was last updated Mar 20, 2024.

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What is 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.