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Description:
Builds manuals - the opposite of roff

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 0.7.3@4 | Tracked Since: Dec 26, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: markdown man-pages documentation roff cli

Install: brew install ronn

About:
Ronn is a tool for converting markdown files into roff (man page) format, and vice versa. It simplifies the creation and maintenance of Unix manual pages by allowing developers to write in the more readable markdown syntax. This bridges the gap between modern documentation practices and the traditional roff format required by systems like `man`.

Key Features:

Converts markdown to roff (man page) format
Converts roff back to markdown for easy editing
Validates man page structure and conventions
Generates HTML versions of manuals

Use Cases:

Creating and maintaining Unix/Linux manual pages using markdown
Converting existing roff man pages to a more editable markdown format
Generating HTML documentation from man page sources

Alternatives:

ronn-ng – A maintained fork of Ronn with bug fixes and modern Ruby support
kramdown – A general-purpose markdown processor that can output roff, but is not specialized for man pages

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 26, 2025 6:26pm	0.7.3	4	VERSION_BUMP	8daf91ab
Sep 14, 2025 11:40pm		4	VERSION_BUMP	64597264
Dec 26, 2024 5:42pm		4	VERSION_BUMP	17b3b175