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1+# Alternatives
2+
3+The following table tries to give an overview *from `bat`s perspective*, i.e. we only compare
4+categories which are relevant for `bat`. Some of these projects have completely different goals and
5+if you are not looking for a program like `bat`, this comparison might not be for you.
6+
7+| | bat | [pygments](http://pygments.org/) | [highlight](http://www.andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/highlight.php) | [ccat](https://github.com/jingweno/ccat) | [source-highlight](https://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite/) | [hicat](https://github.com/rstacruz/hicat) |
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9+| Drop-in `cat` replacement | (:heavy_check_mark:) [*](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/issues/134) | :x: | :x: | (:heavy_check_mark:) | :x: | :x: [*](https://github.com/rstacruz/hicat/issues/6) |
10+| Git integration | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: |
11+| Automatic paging | :heavy_check_mark: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: |
12+| Languages (circa) | 60 | 300 | 200 | 7 | 80 | 130 |
13+| Extensible (languages, themes) | :heavy_check_mark: | (:heavy_check_mark:) | (:heavy_check_mark:) | :x: | (:heavy_check_mark:) | :x: |
14+| Advanced highlighting (e.g. nested syntaxes) | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: | (:heavy_check_mark:) ? | :x: | :heavy_check_mark: | :heavy_check_mark: |
15+| Execution time [ms] (`jquery-3.3.1.js`) | 624 | 789 | 400 | 80 | 300 | 316 |
16+
17+If you think that some entries in this table are outdated or wrong, please open a ticket or pull
18+request.