# Lookat 2.1.0 released

DevFeed: [Lookat 2.1.0 released](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/lookat-2-1-0-released-39537.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.wagemakers.be/blog/2025/09/14/lookat-2-dot-1-0-released/>)

Author: Staf Wagemakers

Published: 2025-09-14T18:04:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [stafwag Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/stafwag-blog.md>)

Topics: [Unix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/unix.md>), [color](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/color.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>), [changelog](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/changelog.md>)

Tags: [2](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2.md>), [2025](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2025.md>), [ansi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ansi.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [bsd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bsd.md>), [changelog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/changelog.md>), [color](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/color.md>), [freebsd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/freebsd.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [lookat](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lookat.md>), [manpage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/manpage.md>), [ncurses](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ncurses.md>), [netbsd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netbsd.md>), [openbsd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openbsd.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [unix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/unix.md>)

## AI overview

Lookat/Bekijk 2.1.0 is the latest stable release of a Unix file browser and viewer that supports colored man pages. The release adds ANSI color support and includes updates to color handling, documentation, directory organization, and related scripts.

## Source excerpt

Lookat 2.1.0 is the latest stable release of Lookat/Bekijk, a user-friendly Unix file browser/viewer that supports colored man pages. The focus of the 2.1.0 release is to add ANSI Color support. News 14 Sep 2025 Lookat 2.1.0 Released Lookat / Bekijk 2.1.0rc2 has been released as Lookat / Bekijk 2.1.0 3 Aug 2025 Lookat 2.1.0rc2 Released Lookat 2.1.0rc2 is the second release candicate of Lookat 2.1.0 ChangeLog Lookat / Bekijk 2.1.0rc2 Corrected italic color Don't reset the search offset when cursor mode is enabled Renamed strsize to charsize ( ansi_strsize -> ansi_charsize, utf8_strsize -> utf8_charsize) to be less confusing Support for multiple ansi streams in ansi_utf8_strlen() Update default color theme to green for this release Update manpages & documentation Reorganized contrib directory Moved ci/cd related file from contrib/* to contrib/cicd Moved debian dir to contrib/dist Moved support script to contrib/scripts