gocat: Terminal Go Game SGF Viewer & Editor

gocat is a modern, interactive terminal tool for viewing and editing Go game records in SGF (Smart Game Format). It offers a powerful, keyboard-driven interface to navigate, annotate, and modify game records directly from your terminal, making it ideal for Go players and reviewers.

Installation

Install gocat via Homebrew:

brew tap hzhang08/gocat
brew install gocat

Install gocat via Cargo:

cargo install gocat

Publishing Instructions

1. Update version in Cargo.toml
2. Run cargo publish --dry-run
3. Run cargo publish

Usage

To launch the interactive SGF viewer/editor:

gocat <your_file.sgf>

Replace <your_file.sgf> with the path to your SGF file.

Features & Hotkeys

• q Quit
• n / → Next move
• p / ← Previous move
• ] Next commented move
• [ Previous commented move
• g Goto move number
• m Modify current move
• / Search for coordinate
• c Add/Edit move comment
• t Add/Edit triangles
• i Insert new move
• x Remove current move
• h Show this help
• Esc/Enter Close help or input dialogs