Brief is an app for browsing command-line cheatsheets written in Python, using GTK4 and Libadwaita. The data source is tldr-pages. It lets you search through thousands of command-line tools across multiple platforms and languages, providing simplified help pages.
This is free and open source software.
Features include:
- Works completely offline.
- Filter platform specific commands (Linux, Windows, Android, etc.).
- View command help pages in multiple available languages.
- Change the command argument format between long (ls –all) or short (ls -a).
- Lets you update the cache within the app to download the latest data.
Website: github.com/shonebinu/Brief
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Developer: Shone Binu
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

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