# ArchWiki

86 Hacker News commenters recommended ArchWiki and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 10 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Clear, accurate, concise documentation praised as one of the best Linux references, and useful far beyond Arch. Critics say some pages are bare or outdated.

## Why people recommend it

- Among the best documentation available (5 comments): "Archi Wiki? That is like... the best thing and should be a national treasure." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48163863)) "the Arch wiki is one of the best wikis ever existed for what it covers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46027657)) "It's astoundingly high quality, some of the best content out there" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47021770))
- Useful on any Linux distro (4 comments): "the Arch wiki is useful regardless of when I'm using Arch at home or when I'm using other distros at work" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47021903)) "The wikis themselves are largely distro agnostic and exceptionally useful for everyone on Linux though." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47027545)) "A ton of advice and information is for all Linux distros and the Linux kernel itself" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47031817))
- Concise, precise, detailed content (4 comments): "the implicit culture quality (concise, precise, extensive) of that wiki" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47022670)) "Succinctness and not wasting the reader's time are such rare pleasures" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47021288)) "It is astounding how diverse and detailed (and yet concise) it is." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47021927))
- Go-to for fixing Linux problems (4 comments): "ArchWiki is usually my first stop when I run into a Linux issue, even as a fellow Debian user." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45929280)) "When in doubt, I head to the Arch wiki or more rarely the forums, then I'm good to go." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47248076)) "For Linux content nowadays the Arch wiki is still one of my most used resources" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47022323))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Gentoo Wiki](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gentoo-wiki.md): 9 recommend
- [Anthropic documentation](https://hackerapproved.com/p/anthropic-documentation.md): 5 recommend
- [TypeScript Handbook](https://hackerapproved.com/p/typescript-handbook.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "ArchWiki", https://hackerapproved.com/p/archwiki/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).