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

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