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Install cheat with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, scoop, zypper

Create and view interactive cheat sheets for *nix commands. Version 5.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install cheat

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install cheat

MacPorts ports tree · devel/cheat/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install cheat

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · cheat · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#cheat

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ch/cheat/package.nix · source: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install cheat

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · cheat · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/cheat

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/cheat.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Create and view interactive cheat sheets for *nix commands

Commands and aliases

  • cheat

history

Project history and usage

cheat is a command-line cheatsheet viewer and editor for Unix-style command reference, designed for commands that administrators use often enough to need quick reminders but not often enough to memorize.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in July 2013. The README describes a CLI that reads plain-text cheatsheets, supports personal and community cheatpaths, can edit sheets, and can search or filter by name, regex, path, and tags.

Adoption history

cheat grew beyond a single executable into an ecosystem around the cheat/cheatsheets repository, which was created in October 2019 for community-sourced sheets. The official installation guide lists manual binaries, `go install`, and packages for AUR, Homebrew, Docker, Nix, and Snap; the batch input also records MacPorts, Fedora, openSUSE, Scoop, and other package-manager coverage.

How it is used

Typical use is `cheat tar` or another command name to print examples, `cheat -e` to edit or create a sheet, `cheat -l` or `cheat -b` to list sheets, and `cheat -s` or `cheat -r -s` to search sheet contents.

Why package nerds care

cheat matters to CLI/package-manager culture because it turns command examples into local, editable, packageable data. Its XDG config, generated shell completions, community sheet repository, and broad package-manager availability make it a familiar small tool in terminal setup lists.

Timeline

  • 2013: GitHub repository created.
  • 2019: cheat/cheatsheets repository created for community-sourced sheets.
  • 2019: 3.0.0 release published on GitHub.
  • 2026: Current installation docs describe 5.0.0 release binaries.

Related projects

  • cheat/cheatsheets provides community-sourced cheatsheets used by the tool.
  • Chroma is used for syntax highlighting according to the README.
  • The project overlaps culturally with man pages, tldr-style pages, and shell-completion-driven command reference tools.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
~/.config/cheat/conf.ymlpath set by CHEAT_CONFIG_PATH

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
cheatcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version5.1.0
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected5.1.0

https://github.com/cheat/cheat

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:cheat
Version5.1.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cheat
Homepagehttps://github.com/cheat/cheat
Repositoryhttps://github.com/cheat/cheat
Upstream docshttps://github.com/cheat/cheat#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/cheat/cheat/archive/refs/tags/5.1.0.tar.gz
Build dependenciesgo
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namecheat
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Conflicts With
  • bash-snippets
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

cheat

nix profile install nixpkgs#cheat
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cheat
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ch/cheat/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
dnf95%

cheat 4.4.2-14.fc44

Help for various commands and their use cases

https://github.com/cheat/cheat

sudo dnf install cheat
  • License: Apache-2.0 AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND ISC AND MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: cheat
  • 3 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cheat
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cheat from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

cheat-bash-completion 4.4.2-14.fc44

Bash completion support for cheat

https://github.com/cheat/cheat

sudo dnf install cheat-bash-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0 AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND ISC AND MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: cheat
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cheat
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cheat-bash-completion from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

cheat-community-cheatsheets 4.4.2-14.fc44

Cheatsheets created by community for cheat

https://github.com/cheat/cheatsheets

sudo dnf install cheat-community-cheatsheets
  • License: CC0-1.0
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: cheat
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cheat
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cheat-community-cheatsheets from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

cheat-fish-completion 4.4.2-14.fc44

Fish completion support for cheat

https://github.com/cheat/cheat

sudo dnf install cheat-fish-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0 AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND ISC AND MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: cheat
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cheat
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cheat-fish-completion from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

cheat-zsh-completion 4.4.2-14.fc44

Zsh completion support for cheat

https://github.com/cheat/cheat

sudo dnf install cheat-zsh-completion
  • License: Apache-2.0 AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND ISC AND MIT
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: cheat
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cheat
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cheat-zsh-completion from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

cheat 5.1.0-2.1

Allows you to create and view interactive cheatsheets on the command-line

https://github.com/cheat/cheat

sudo zypper install cheat
  • License: MIT
  • Category: Productivity/Other
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: cheat
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cheat
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: cheat from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

cheat

sudo port install cheat
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cheat
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/cheat/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

main/cheat

scoop install main/cheat
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cheat
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/cheat.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • gtreeShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation, go.
  • action-docsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation.
  • adr-toolsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation.
  • adr-viewerShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation.
  • cargo-docsetShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation.
  • context7-mcpShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, documentation.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment