CodeView CLI v3.0

A feature-rich command-line tool to view, edit, fetch, and highlight code — with two built-in editors, 26+ commands, and syntax highlighting for 500+ programming languages.

Features

Installation

# Clone or download and run:
cd codeviewcli
pip install -e .

# Or use the installer:
install.bat          # Windows

Quick Start

# View a local file with syntax highlighting
codeview app.py

# View code from GitHub (any platform supported)
codeview https://github.com/user/repo/blob/main/src/app.py

# View with a different theme
codeview --theme dracula main.js

# Force a specific language
codeview --language python script.txt

# Open the curses editor (full-featured, Vim-like)
codeview edit --curses
codeview edit --curses app.py

# Open the Textual editor
codeview edit
codeview edit app.py

# Browse directory tree
codeview tree src/
codeview tree --depth 2

# Search text in files
codeview search "TODO" src/ --pattern "*.py"

# List files with details
codeview ls -r -l
codeview ls src/ --pattern "*.py"

# Show file info
codeview info app.py

# Code statistics
codeview stats src/

# Show differences
codeview diff old.py new.py

# Fetch and save code from a URL
codeview fetch https://github.com/user/repo/blob/main/app.py --save local.py

# Browse a remote repository
codeview browse https://github.com/user/repo

# Copy code to clipboard
codeview clip app.py

# List available themes
codeview themes
codeview themes --set nord

# List supported languages
codeview langs
codeview langs --search rust

# Manage configuration
codeview config --list
codeview config --set theme dracula

# ─── New in v3.0 ───

# Hex dump viewer
codeview hex app.exe
codeview hex data.bin --offset 1024 --size 512 -b 32

# Base64 encode/decode
codeview base64 encode "Hello World"
codeview base64 decode SGVsbG8=

# Hash computation
codeview hash app.py --algorithm sha256
codeview hash app.py --algorithm all

# Watch directory for changes
codeview watch src/ --pattern "*.py"
codeview watch . --duration 60

# Code snippets
codeview snippets
codeview snippets --language python
codeview snippets --add python mysnip ms "My snippet description"

# File history
codeview history
codeview history --limit 10 --stats
codeview history --most

# Quick notes
codeview notes
codeview notes --create "Todo" "Buy milk"
codeview notes --search "keyword"
codeview notes --tags

# Python REPL
codeview repl

# HTTP server
codeview serve src/ --port 9000 --browser

# Color palette
codeview colors

# Git log
codeview git-log --limit 10
codeview git-log --file app.py

# Bookmarks
codeview bookmark src/ --name project_src
codeview bookmark --list
codeview bookmark --remove project_src

# Project management
codeview project
codeview project --init --name myapp --language python

# Markdown render
codeview md README.md
codeview md README.md --toc --stats

# Basic formatting
codeview format app.py --in-place

Curses Editor Keyboard Shortcuts

Command Palette (:)

Supported Code Hosting Platforms

• GitHub - github.com/user/repo/blob/branch/path
• GitLab - gitlab.com/user/repo/-/blob/branch/path
• Bitbucket - bitbucket.org/user/repo/src/branch/path
• Gitee - gitee.com/user/repo/blob/branch/path
• GitCode - gitcode.com/user/repo
• SourceForge - sourceforge.net/projects/...
• Raw URLs - Any raw code URL

Keyboard Shortcuts (Editor)

Configuration

Configuration is stored in ~/.config/codeviewcli/config.json (Linux/macOS) or %APPDATA%\codeviewcli\config.json (Windows).

codeview config --list        # Show all settings
codeview config --set theme material
codeview config --set line_numbers false
codeview config --reset

Requirements

• Python 3.9+
• Dependencies (auto-installed): click, rich, pygments, textual, requests, beautifulsoup4, lxml, pathspec

License

MIT

Built With

• batchfile
• python