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
Many fonts renders ❎ (https://emojigraph.org/cross-mark-button/) as a green square with an X in it, looking extremely similar to ✅ (https://emojigraph.org/check-mark-button/) at a glance. ❌ (https://emojigraph.org/cross-mark/) renders as a red X without a box in all mentioned fonts. The checkmark does render in red in some fonts still, but without the box the shapes become more distinctive.
See my fork for an updated version.