man-db ☆

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Description:
Unix documentation system

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: System utilities

Tags: documentation cli system-utilities unix

Install: brew install man-db

About:
ManDb is an implementation of the standard Unix man page system. It provides the essential 'man' command to read formatted documentation pages from the terminal. Its primary value is offering a standardized, searchable interface for system and software documentation directly on the command line.

Key Features:

Interactive search and navigation within manual pages
Support for compressed man page files
Configurable page path search order
Integration with the 'whatis' and 'apropos' databases

Use Cases:

Looking up command syntax and options while working in the terminal
Reading documentation for installed software libraries and APIs
Browsing system administration references offline

Alternatives:

mandoc – A smaller, faster implementation focused on BSD systems; ManDb is the GNU standard found on most Linux distributions.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 16, 2025 4:16am		0	VERSION_BUMP	47a99023
Sep 13, 2024 8:14pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	4e0ffabd