RFC Reader is a terminal-based viewer for IETF Request for Comments documents.
It lets you fetch RFCs, cache them locally for offline use, and browse them through a text user interface with navigation and search tools designed for reading long technical standards documents.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Displays RFC documents directly inside a terminal user interface.
- Caches downloaded RFCs locally for faster access and offline reading.
- Provides in-document text search to help locate sections and terms quickly.
- Includes table of contents navigation for moving through structured RFCs.
- Supports opening a specific RFC number from the command line and clearing the local cache.
Website: github.com/ozan2003/rfc_reader
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Developer: Ozan
License: MIT License
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