mandoc ☆

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Description:
UNIX manpage compiler toolset

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: documentation manpages unix toolset system-utility

Install: brew install mandoc

About:
Mandoc is a suite of tools for compiling, searching, and displaying UNIX manual pages. It includes mandoc(1) for formatting, mdoc(3) for markup, and man(1) for searching. Its primary value is providing a lightweight, secure, and standards-compliant alternative to GNU groff for manpage processing.

Key Features:

Compiles mdoc(7) and man(7) markup to HTML, UTF-8, PostScript, and PDF
Includes a manual page search utility (man -k equivalent)
Designed for security and correctness with a small, auditable codebase
Fully compatible with the mdoc(7) macro language

Use Cases:

Compiling and viewing system and software manual pages
Generating HTML versions of manpages for documentation websites
Replacing groff in minimal or security-focused environments

Alternatives:

groff – The GNU troff implementation; Mandoc is generally smaller, faster, and considered more secure for parsing untrusted input.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 10, 2025 9:14am		1	VERSION_BUMP	83c05f32
Sep 13, 2023 11:42am		1	VERSION_BUMP	5657fee7