dedoc is a terminal-based viewer for DevDocs. It lets you search and view developer documentation offline without needing a web browser or desktop environment.
Pages are translated from HTML to coloured text for terminal viewing. dedoc can download docsets, search documentation, open specific pages or fragments, and pipe its output to pagers and other command-line tools.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Search and view DevDocs documentation offline from the terminal.
- Download and manage documentation sets.
- Translate HTML pages to coloured terminal text.
- Search for pages, fragments, and text within documentation.
- Perform case-insensitive and whole-sentence searches.
- Open specific pages or documentation fragments.
- Pipe output to pagers and other command-line tools.
- Render entire docsets to plain text.
- Offer porcelain output for easier scripting.
- Support a configurable application directory with the DEDOC_HOME environment variable.
Website: github.com/toiletbril/dedoc
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Developer: toiletbril
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
dedoc is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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