Docote - Read API Documentation Offline
CLI. Free GPL 3 license. Supports DevDocs.io format.

Command line offline document reader for programmers, devdocs.io compatible - Docoto Read API docs offline. CLI, never leave the keyboard. Free download under GPL 3.

Supports DevDocs.io compatible JSON dictionaries, including Python, Go, HTML, Postgre and many others.

 

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Example

Search for "sql" and "select", case insensitive AND search.

$ docote sql select
### postgre sql-select ###
SELECT SELECT, TABLE, WITH — retrieve rows from a table or view   Synopsis [ WITH [ RECURSIVE ] with_query [, ...] ]
SELECT [ ALL | DISTINCT [ ON ( expression [, ...] ) ] ]
    [ * | expression [ [ AS ] output_name ] [, ...] ]
    [ FROM from_item [, ...] ]
...

Supported dictionaries

Others have created dictionaries for Python, Go, Postgre, Apache, CSS, DOM, JavaScript, HTML 5, HTTP, Bash, GTK, Godot, jQuery, Leaflet, Lua, MariaDB, nginx, NumPy, Pandas, PHP, PyGame, Qt, Ruby, scikit, SQLite, SVG, TensorFlow, Terraform, Vagrant, Vulkan, Werkzeug and others.

Any dictionary in this simple JSON format works.

{
	"sample keyword": "sample value",
	"foo": "<h1>bar</h1><p>lorem ipsum</p>"
}

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