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Create and view interactive cheat sheets

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.

terminal

https://github.com/cheat/cheat

arm64 amd64

Installation

1. Add WakeMeOps repository

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/upciti/wakemeops/main/assets/install_repository | sudo bash

2. Install cheat

sudo apt install cheat

Snippets

FROM wakemeops/minideb:bullseye

RUN install_packages \
    cheat=5.1.0*

USER 1001

- name: Install dependencies
  uses: upciti/wakemeops-action@v1
  with:
    packages: |
      cheat=5.1.0*

Download URLs

Version SHA256 Size (KB)
5.1.0 190964b2e1d9c058caeeff525f5ba4a99fc61579332e8231068dce0c73df2c2b 3905
5.0.0 1eaa915557cc1daa1902be06f01870616c6ccabad33c14e10d1648c34f69119f 3878
4.7.0 e5d1c27db79f4c5846d8cc35baec90d5446152f332b8ef77f7505f25bb351717 3810
4.5.1 92c214fc3d6b536aff4b4095181a776e571a109182ff66604d82ae00a86e8199 3825
4.4.2 64768b660cf231e7e394e218cb0db6133c6e73983b7812aab82ac4ca3b70ae03 3314
4.4.1 d78934dbd46a87fce39e8bb19afc108a023f23ebf40918408cd270d4d5b4e213 3844
4.4.0 cab83a98b880d46e0882fac08317f4faa5006e598e8d0877d016d890e9a1b76e 3604
Version SHA256 Size (KB)
5.1.0 f4376af68748e5f9f9828858da51be7c9f8be21c647913374664ffd5614602fd 3370
5.0.0 fdaa447296e5592eb3ed86b1dfc6d3fc5b095e25de056c3539faf4bf18552223 3347
4.7.0 e12922dbe0795ec97889178a34d7d16589cd0a0dd8700fd97bc227c6b24c75d7 3287
4.5.1 1f940fe0970064c9e5dd378e68118655f88a65bfb6f448bbb0819d5f376e8741 3287
4.4.2 74b84bec781450567c6f9ad753aedd3ea39c66f16b761b22ed7811af939bfc1c 2885
4.4.1 bfe001e3bb43849a4141e86ec5914cc81f56f863ed86d279429e59141f86b2a6 3274
4.4.0 99050a6194543faff53c8adbaa816d661687b5bbcd4702641e2f4a0e93774174 3080

Blueprints

Debian packages listed on this page are generated from op2deb YAML blueprints. Blueprints for cheat are versioned here.

Click here to see cheat ops2deb blueprints
https://github.com/upciti/wakemeops/blob/main/blueprints/terminal/cheat/ops2deb.yml
name: cheat
matrix:
  architectures:
    - amd64
    - arm64
  versions:
    - 4.4.0
    - 4.4.1
    - 4.4.2
    - 4.5.1
    - 4.7.0
    - 5.0.0
    - 5.1.0
homepage: https://github.com/cheat/cheat
summary: Create and view interactive cheat sheets
description: |-
  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.
fetch: https://github.com/cheat/cheat/releases/download/{{version}}/cheat-linux-{{arch}}.gz
install:
  - cheat-linux-{{arch}}:/usr/bin/cheat

The blueprint fetch keyword contains a URL template pointing to cheat releases. Downloaded files are locked in a lockfile versioned here.

Click here to see cheat release hashes
https://github.com/upciti/wakemeops/blob/main/blueprints/terminal/cheat/ops2deb.lock.yml
- url: https://github.com/cheat/cheat/releases/download/4.4.0/cheat-linux-amd64.gz
  sha256: f975e6df9b1226a4405e727b3222a0d6a58f2237cc449e12588d8df5eb713a59
  timestamp: 2024-05-18 16:53:53+00:00
- url: https://github.com/cheat/cheat/releases/download/4.4.0/cheat-linux-arm64.gz
  sha256: b16845434c75519728747d19c566c6dd47778a04694fb245d3ed78da04f9a157
  timestamp: 2024-05-18 16:53:53+00:00
- url: https://github.com/cheat/cheat/releases/download/4.4.1/cheat-linux-amd64.gz
  sha256: 0d3f3060f1353c177eb0bc688b21d4ca7695d270a6bc75fbcd8981517edd2fd2
  timestamp: 2024-05-18 16:53:53+00:00
- url: https://github.com/cheat/cheat/releases/download/4.4.1/cheat-linux-arm64.gz
  sha256: 77b0daa8e4608679e110b44c317393cd8307fed6f04e15aad9a2f8444784c4ed
  timestamp: 2024-05-18 16:53:53+00:00
- url: https://github.com/cheat/cheat/releases/download/4.4.2/cheat-linux-amd64.gz
  sha256: b81f5ba21f134087c0294d809f89e5442d641d7be297bb128807cbce00849e9b
  timestamp: 2024-05-18 16:53:53+00:00
- url: https://github.com/cheat/cheat/releases/download/4.4.2/cheat-linux-arm64.gz
  sha256: 08e1741e4d7e0ad9fc5055d70ab1985e53ed0ed8070930b5d93569c8239d0d83
  timestamp: 2024-05-18 16:53:53+00:00
- url: https://github.com/cheat/cheat/releases/download/4.5.1/cheat-linux-amd64.gz
  sha256: bcbbf2d894f008489fcff9420878c2e6281bf9de51f3ad82a7c7259f29fbdba5
  timestamp: 2026-02-15 12:04:46+00:00
- url: https://github.com/cheat/cheat/releases/download/4.5.1/cheat-linux-arm64.gz
  sha256: e7fb6ce09f32f98a7a5f842ee3c90a0315922eba6080b141761832e965b39136
  timestamp: 2026-02-15 12:04:46+00:00
- url: https://github.com/cheat/cheat/releases/download/4.7.0/cheat-linux-amd64.gz
  sha256: dc27f0481dd6716942024a481bbd5dde5c9a3fae3f078c0dfebd870b9a67abcd
  timestamp: 2026-02-15 18:04:51+00:00
- url: https://github.com/cheat/cheat/releases/download/4.7.0/cheat-linux-arm64.gz
  sha256: c460a265a439b34fe9ef2a0a8cd7b37907e4c4864cc1686fd24c1dd06618e691
  timestamp: 2026-02-15 18:04:51+00:00
- url: https://github.com/cheat/cheat/releases/download/5.0.0/cheat-linux-amd64.gz
  sha256: 55869e72c7a1b2f05514234853f4bd894b07698de4adda9142ba7e6ca3fa26a0
  timestamp: 2026-02-16 00:12:50+00:00
- url: https://github.com/cheat/cheat/releases/download/5.0.0/cheat-linux-arm64.gz
  sha256: 27c5b56845eaf30ca3b406c519110a242ac9c1b30432cb25380e711315cdf093
  timestamp: 2026-02-16 00:12:50+00:00
- url: https://github.com/cheat/cheat/releases/download/5.1.0/cheat-linux-amd64.gz
  sha256: 8c8405574d51d63ee89594bfed241f478d507d96af78e5c370dcbe65633d7b34
  timestamp: 2026-02-16 06:21:05+00:00
- url: https://github.com/cheat/cheat/releases/download/5.1.0/cheat-linux-arm64.gz
  sha256: 78fd70fedd7c2cd297af827c29c495c8f6d2b9a880739450ac13e18eefa2f17b
  timestamp: 2026-02-16 06:21:05+00:00

Badge

WakeMeOps

[![WakeMeOps](https://docs.wakemeops.com/badges/cheat.svg)](https://docs.wakemeops.com/packages/cheat)

<a href="https://docs.wakemeops.com/packages/cheat">
  <img src="https://docs.wakemeops.com/badges/cheat.svg"/>
</a>

.. image:: https://docs.wakemeops.com/badges/cheat.svg
:target: https://docs.wakemeops.com/packages/cheat