cheat

cheat allows you to create and view interactive cheatsheets on the command-line.

Runs as cheat|macOS, Linux, Windows|github.com

Command form

ai-draft · 3 tasks · 9 fields

View a cheatsheet, list sheets or search their contents. Editing, removing, updating and config/completion modes are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui cheat

View or search cheatsheetsExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Cheatsheet*

string

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

View a cheatsheet

sheet

Search all sheets

searchregexcolorizeall

List sheets

listbrieftagpath_filter

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Cheatsheet

string · positional 0

Search phrase

string

--search-s

Phrase is a regular expression

boolean

--regex-r

List cheatsheets

boolean

--list-l

Brief listing

boolean

--brief-b

Search all cheatpaths

boolean

--all-a

Colorize output

boolean

--colorize-c

Cheatpath

string

--path-p

Tag

string

--tag-t

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

man

cheat [options] [CHEATSHEET] -a, --all -b, --brief -c, --colorize -l, --list -p, --path=PATH -r, --regex -s, --search=PHRASE -t, --tag=TAG

manual2026-10-27

github.com

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed cheat against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.