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Description:
User-friendly, console-based viewer for Info documents

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Productivity

Tags: documentation terminal info viewer cli reader

Install: brew install pinfo

About:
Pinfo is a console-based viewer for Info documents, which are the standard documentation format for GNU software. It provides a user-friendly, curses-based interface that is more intuitive than the standard 'info' command, featuring easier navigation and better readability. The tool parses Info files directly, offering a streamlined way to read software manuals in a terminal environment.

Key Features:

Curses-based user interface with mouse support
Intuitive keybindings similar to Lynx web browser
Hyperlink navigation between Info nodes
Built-in search functionality

Use Cases:

Reading GNU software documentation in terminal environments
Quick reference for command-line tool usage and options

Alternatives:

info – The standard GNU Info reader; Pinfo offers a more user-friendly interface with better default keybindings
konqueror – GUI browser that can view Info pages but requires X11; Pinfo works in pure terminal

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 16, 2025 11:57am		1	VERSION_BUMP	9d64fb36
Sep 13, 2024 6:11am		1	VERSION_BUMP	8a836ebc