Online man pages comparison

comparison.md

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

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

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

man7 currently shows an outdated version of man-pages (5.13, released in 2021).