tldr pages
Simplified and community-driven man pages
tldr pages is an open-source, community-maintained reference for command-line tools that provides concise, practical examples as an alternative to traditional man pages. It supports UNIX, Linux, macOS, SunOS, Android, and Windows commands. Users can install a client via Python or choose from many community-built clients across CLI, GUI, web, and integrations.
Community contributors submit and edit pages with practical command examples that can be accessed via various clients including CLI, GUI, and web-based tools.
developers and system administrators who use command-line tools
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- open-source
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