tldr pages

Community-written example pages that replace verbose manual pages.

FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxWebCommand line
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About tldr pages

tldr pages are short, practical cheat sheets for command line tools, showing the handful of invocations people actually use rather than the full option list. Clients exist for the terminal, the browser and most editors, and pages can be cached for offline use.

Strengths

  • Answers the common use of a command in seconds instead of reading a manual page
  • Clients for terminal, browser and editors, with offline caching

Limitations

  • Deliberately incomplete; the real manual page is still needed for edge cases
  • Page quality varies with community contributions

Details

Pricing
FreeThe open-source project is available without a license fee.
License
MIT
Developer
The tldr-pages community
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Command line
How it runs
Downloadable app, Web application
Best suited for
Community-written example pages that replace verbose manual pages
Categories
CLI tools
Last verified
Added
Provenance
Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (Developer Environments); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 3 sources on file.

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Software that can replace tldr pages for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.

  • tealdeer

    Read concise, example-based command help in the terminal.

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    tealdeer is a terminal-only client for concise example-based command help, with cached examples that work offline, but it lacks the browser and editor clients tldr pages offers.

  • cheat

    A command-line tool for creating and viewing interactive cheatsheets for commands you use occasionally.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSLinuxCommand line

    cheat relies on cheatsheets you install or write yourself instead of community pages, as a single Go program for macOS and Linux.

  • navi

    An interactive command-line cheatsheet tool for browsing and running commands with suggested argument values.

    FreeOpen sourceCommand line

    navi lets you run commands straight from its cheatsheets with suggested argument values, but requires cheatsheets and learning its format.

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