I'm the author of `cheat`. Regrettably, I agree with you regarding the lack of `apt` packaging as a major barrier to adoption.

I've looked into creating it previously, but found it to be non-trivial. Like a lot of FOSS maintainers, I'm pretty strapped for time these days, and I simply haven't gotten around to it yet.

The next round of work I want to do on this project is to improve the CI pipeline. My dayjob these days largely involves configuring CI pipelines, and yet the `cheat` workflow for the time being involves me running `make` on my local machine and dragging-and-dropping binaries into the Github UI. It's embarassing.

Once I get the CI squared away, I'll take a look at `apt` packaging.

Seeing this project on Hacker News has given me renewed motivation, however. Perhaps I can free up some time this weekend :)