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A curated list of documentation reference tools
Awesome Reference Tools 
A curated list of documentation reference tools
Inspired by the awesome list thing.
You may also be intersted in another documentation focused list called beautiful docs
Contents
- command line tools
- libraries
- editor plugins
- websites
- system applications
- miscellaneous
Command Line Tools
- tldr - a collection of simplified and community-driven man pages http://tldr-pages.github.io/
- caniuse-cmd - A caniuse command line tool!
- howdoi - instant coding answers via the command line
- how2 - Stackoverflow from the terminal
- stackit - Smart StackOverflow queries from the command line
- bro - A CLI to interact with bropages.org http://bropages.org
- dasht - Search API docs offline, in your terminal or browser https://sunaku.github.io/dasht
- mdn-cli - Command-line utility for Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) https://developer.mozilla.org
- readme - Retrieve a node module's readme from the command line, and pipe it into less
- manpm - Shows the relevant part of NPM module's README file right in your terminal
- npm-man - Open any package readme as a man page
- man-n - View npm package READMEs with man(1)
- cwiki - Command line Wikipedia searching!
- translate-shell - Command-line translator using Google Translate, Bing Translator, Yandex.Translate, etc. https://www.soimort.org/translate-shell
- Shiki - Wikipedia 🌐 on your Terminal
Libraries
-
jroff - Man pages parser written in JavaScript, supports
an
anddoc
macros
Editor Plugins
- helm-dash - Browse Dash docsets inside emacs
Websites
- devdocs - combines API documentations in a fast, organized, and searchable interface
- overapi - Collecting All Cheat Sheets
- mozilla developer network - Shared knowledge for the Open Web
- SyntaxDB - Allows users to look up syntax for programming languages
- SourceGraph - A fast, global, semantic code search and cross-reference engine
Chrome Extensions
- Sourcegraph for Github - Browse and search code on GitHub like an IDE, with jump-to-definition, doc tooltips, and semantic search
System Applications
- dash - Dash gives your Mac instant offline access to 150+ API documentation sets
- zest - Documentation Browser. Offline search tool for developers.
Miscellaneous
- hacks - Find Hackathons near you or at a location via terminal on Linux.