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Man page browser comparison

There are a bunch of man page browsers available online. They have different data sources, feature sets, and disadvantages, so here is a short comparison table:

Name ls man page No Trackers/Ads Clickable Headings Links² ToC¹ Local Search Noteworthy
Arch manual pages ls ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Multiple languages, backlinks
manned.org ls ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Multiple OS, versions, and languages. Sub-optimal search
Debian manpages ls ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Multiple languages and versions, links to other sections
DragonFly Man Pages ls ✅ ❎ ✅ ❎ ✅
FreeBSD Manual Pages ls ✅ ✅ ✅ ❎ ✅ Multiple versions and formats
OpenBSD Manual Pages ls ✅ ✅ ✅ ❎ ✅ Multiple versions, apropos
cat-v.org ls ✅ ❎ ✅ ❎ ✅ Plan9, Inferno, Bunch of UNIX versions
Linux man pages ls ❎ ❎ ✅ ❎ ❎
man7 ls ❎ ❎ ✅ ❎ ❎ "Pages that refer to this page"
man.cx ls ❎ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Multiple languages
Ubuntu Manpage ls ❎ ❎ ✅ ✅ ✅ Multiple versions
NetBSD Manual Pages ls ❎ ❎ ✅ ❎ ✅ Really, Google Analytics?
unix.com ls ❎ ❎ ✅ ❎ ❎ OpenSolaris, nice antique collection

¹ short for Table of Contents ² Links directly to other man pages

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krono commented Jan 4, 2020

there's also Bwana for locallt browsing man pages (macOS)

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man7 currently shows an outdated version of man-pages (5.13, released in 2021).

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