Man Pages | ManKier (converted to HTML5 from troff or mdoc); TLDR pages for many command-line examples
Posted by jpluimers on 2026/10/05
This archive seems to have very recent HTML5 renderings of many man pages from their troff or mdoc sources: [Wayback/Archive] Man Pages | ManKier.
I bumped into it via [Archive/Archive] ipmitool: utility for controlling IPMI-enabled devices | ipmitool Commands | Man Pages | ManKier when writing Some links on Dell R730xd fan noise.
The site is not only very up-to-date on rendered man pages, but the rendering has great features too. Read more on those at [Wayback/Archive] About | ManKier.
A nice history on how ManKier came to be is at [Wayback/Archive] Blog – ManKier. It’s less than a dozen posts, and recommended reading.
Oh, I almost forget: I have added the man search shortcut to my browsers; these two examples should get you going by adding www.mankier.com/?q=%s as a search template:
- [Wayback/Archive] Use the “man” Command in Chrome – ManKier Blog
- [Wayback/Archive] Use the “man” Command in Firefox – ManKier Blog
At the time of writing more than 60k pages had been rendered according to [Wayback/Archive] Man Page Stats | ManKier, likely more when you read this.
TLDR pages
The site also taught me about [Wayback/Archive] tldr pages
The tldr pages are a community effort to simplify the beloved man pages with practical examples.
Here too, I have added tldr as a search shortcut by pointing it to tldr.inbrowser.app/search?query=%s as per [Wayback/Archive] How to Activate Site Search | tldr InBrowser.App.
A real licker is that it can run off-line in your browser as a PWA (progressive web application) as per [Wayback/Archive] Search | tldr InBrowser.App
tldr.InBrowser.Appis an offline-capable PWA for tldr-pages. Fully runs in your browser. Zero API latency.
TLDR pages is open source at [Wayback/Archive] tldr-pages/tldr: 📚 Collaborative cheatsheets for console commands.
–jeroen
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