Man pages are great, man readers are the problem

1. bat

   1 208 53,355 9.3 Rust

   A cat(1) clone with wings.

   

   I page man (and many other things) through bat[0] which improves my experience.

   [0]: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat

2. InfluxDB

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   InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

   

3. pinfo

   2 2 48 4.4 C

   Console-based info reader

   

   I like pinfo for this (although it is primarily intended for viewing GNU Info pages, it can also display man pages): https://github.com/baszoetekouw/pinfo

   Using it feels a lot like lynx. It recognizes cross-references between pages and allows you to navigate through them, as the author of this post requests.

4. bat-extras

   3 6 1,366 6.5 Shell

   Bash scripts that integrate bat with various command line tools.

   

   I use batman from bat-extras[0]. Even though it may deliver the exact same functionality as an alias of my own making, there’s something about having a dedicated tool.

   [0]: https://github.com/eth-p/bat-extras

5. Dash-iOS

   4 13 7,132 0.0 Objective-C

   Dash for iOS was discontinued. Please check out Dash for macOS instead.

   

6. Git

   5 316 55,581 10.0 C

   Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/). Please follow Documentation/SubmittingPatches procedure for any of your improvements.

   

   adoc is fine and is more widely supported. Linux (the kernel) documentation is written in adoc, along with man pages for many projects like git:

   https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/git-rm....

7. tldr

   6 276 56,352 10.0 Markdown

   📚 Collaborative cheatsheets for console commands

   

   I agree. In case you haven't heard of it already https://tldr.sh is pretty good for this.

8. zeal

   7 105 12,218 7.0 C++

   Offline documentation browser inspired by Dash

   

9. Stream

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   Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

   

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