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Linux Command Library – command reference and cheat sheets

March 16, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, TUI, Utilities

Linux Command Library is a reference application that helps users discover and learn Linux commands through formatted manual pages, and more.

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Mansnip – navigate through man pages

January 12, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Mansnip is a command-line tool that makes Linux manual pages (manpages) easier to search and navigate by extracting relevant snippets.

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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: man

January 11, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Software

A Linux system comes with a whole collection of system reference manuals (known as man pages). There’s a man page for each command or program.

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eg provides examples of common uses of command line tools

January 28, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

eg will give you useful examples right at the command line. Think of it as a companion tool for man.

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bropages – readable supplement to man pages

June 1, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

bropages is a highly readable supplement to man pages. The CLI tool shows simple, concise examples for commands with syntax highlighting.

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tlrc – tldr client written in Rust

June 1, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

tlrc is a tldr client written in Rust. The tldr-pages project is a collection of community-maintained help pages for command-line tools.

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tldr.el – tldr client for Emacs

April 18, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

tldr.el is an tldr client for Emacs.You can use M-x tldr-update-docs to update docs. It’s written in Emacs Lisp.

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tldr++ – community driven man pages improved with smart user interaction

April 18, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

tldr++ offers community driven man pages improved with smart user interaction. It’s written in the Go programming language.

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cheat – create and view interactive cheatsheets on the command-line

April 18, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

cheat allows you to create and view interactive cheatsheets on the command-line. cheat is free and open source software written in Go.

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tldr-python-client – Python command-line client for tldr

April 18, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

tldr-python-client is a command-line client for tldr pages. This is free and open source software. It’s written in Python.

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tealdeer – fast implementation of tldr in Rust

April 18, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Tealdeer is a very fast implementation of tldr in Rust: Simplified, example based and community-driven man pages.

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