The best documentation viewers, according to hackers
3 documentation viewers recommended in Hacker News comments over the past year, ranked by how many separate people recommend each one.
All documentation viewers
- manRecommended for its useful, searchable reference pages, including man -k for finding the right section. Common caveat: arcane and frustrating to use.15recommend
- tldrA collection of typical example invocations for common terminal commands. Critics note the clients depend on the internet.11recommend
- GNU InfoPeople recommend it as a descriptive offline documentation viewer that beats web search and is often preferred over man pages. Critics find it needlessly complicated and frustrating.7recommend