rarian ☆
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Description:
Documentation metadata library
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: System utilities
Tags: documentation library metadata freedesktop man-pages
Install: brew install rarian
About:
Rarian is a documentation metadata library designed to manage and query information about installed documentation. It provides a compatibility layer for the Freedesktop.org specification, allowing applications to easily locate and access man pages and other help files regardless of the underlying documentation system.
Key Features:
  • Provides a unified API for accessing documentation metadata
  • Manages and queries installed man pages and info pages
  • Acts as a compatibility layer for Freedesktop.org standards
  • Supports both reading and writing metadata
Use Cases:
  • Integrating help browser functionality into desktop applications
  • Managing documentation indexing and search on Linux systems
  • Providing a standard interface for locating man pages
Alternatives:
  • man-db – man-db provides the man command and indexing tools, while Rarian focuses on providing a library API for metadata access
Version History
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Sep 15, 2025 8:39pm 1 VERSION_BUMP 1bab0f23
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Dec 10, 2023 10:06am 0 VERSION_BUMP 92b5cffc
Nov 19, 2022 9:57am 0 VERSION_BUMP b06112ea
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