25 Clients

K.B.Dharun Krishna edited this page 2026-01-20 22:25:45 +05:30

Table of Contents

• Web clients
• Console clients
• The original client
• Official console clients
• Other console clients
• Mobile clients
• Application integration
• Wall of shame
• Outdated clients
• Unmaintained
• Currently broken clients and integrations

The content of tldr pages is openly available under the permissive MIT License. It can be accessed directly by downloading the contents of this repository (there are regularly updated archives available here), visiting the command pages individually on github.com — for example, here's the page for the tar command — or downloading the English PDF version (other language PDF versions are available here).

For a more convenient access, several dedicated client applications have been developed for different platforms:

Web clients

Author	Source code	Where to find it	Notes
@rwv	tldr.inbrowser.app	Available online and offline (PWA) at tldr.inbrowser.app
DistroWatch	(unavailable)	Available online at distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=man-pages
Dendron	(unavailable)	https://tldr.dendron.so/
Linux Command Library	(unavailable)	Available online at linuxcommandlibrary.com/commands	The descriptions on this site are generated with an LLM and can be incorrect. It is advised to use other sites to confirm the information.

Console clients

The original client

The Node.js client was the client that was originally bundled with the tldr-pages project. It has since been moved to a separate repository but remains actively supported by the maintainers of the tldr-pages project. It is available on NPM and can be installed by running npm install -g tldr.

Official console clients

Client	Implementation details	Installation instructions
tldr-pages / tldr-c-client	C	Homebrew: brew install tldr Macports: port install tldr-cpp-client
tldr-pages / tldr-python-client	Python	PyPI:pip install tldr ArchLinux: pacman -S tldr Fedora: sudo dnf install tldr Snap Store: snap install tldr
tldr-pages / tlrc	Rust	Instructions on the README

Other console clients

Client	Implementation details	Installation instructions
tealdeer-rs / tealdeer	Rust	Debian: apt install tealdeer Arch: pacman -S tealdeer More instructions on tealdeer documentation
superatomic / tldr-man-client	Python	PyPI: pip install tldr-man Homebrew: brew install superatomic/tap/tldr-man
kovmir / tinytldr	C99	make install
ve-nt / outfieldr	Zig	AUR: yay -S outfieldr
principis / tldr-sharp	C#	platform packages or instructions in README
lonr / tldr-ts	Node.js	npm install -g tldr-ts
jiripospisil / drtl	Zig	paru -Sy drtl-bin
dvinciguerra/tldr-cli	Ruby	gem install tldr-cli

Mobile clients

Client	Platform	Installation instructions
freesuraj / TLDR	iOS	TLDR Man Page in App Store

Application integration

Application	Language	Source code	Installation instructions
Discord	Python	allthingslinux / tux	Follow the DEVELOPER.md and invoke with $tldr command
Rust/Coreutils	Rust	uutils/coreutils	Coreutils written in Rust documentations uses tldr for the doc. example
VS Code	Typescript	felipemullen/tldr-panel	search for tldr panel in IDE or download from Visual Studio Marketplace

Wall of shame

These websites are using LLMs on TLDR pages without crediting the project. The explanations are often inaccurate and riddled with LLM hallucinations.

Name	Website
CommandMasters	https://commandmasters.com/
Forrest	https://forrestcli.com/tools
Command Examples	https://commandexamples.com/

Outdated clients

Unmaintained

These clients have not been updated in 3 years or more so it's safe to assume they are abandoned.

Author	Source code	Where to find it
wlemuel / vim-tldr	vim / neovim	Instructions on the README
iamgodot/py-tldr	Python	pip install py-tldr
HardDie / myTldr	Go	go get github.com/HardDie/myTldr (or platform binaries) (supports custom pages directories)
skaji / perl-tldr	Perl	cpanm App::tldr
rilut / rust-tldr	Rust	cargo install tldr
porras / tlcr	Crystal	brew install porras/tap/tlcr
pepa65 / tldr-bash-client	Bash	L=/usr/local/bin/tldr; sudo wget -qO $L good4.eu/tldr; sudo chmod +x $L
Phuker / multi-tldr	Python	pip install multi-tldr
Yakiyo / tilde	Go	go get https://github.com/Yakiyo/tilde (pre-built binaries)
isacikgoz / tldr	Go	go get github.com/isacikgoz/tldr/cmd/tldr
hterkelsen / tldr	Dart	pub global activate tldr
tldr-pages / extldr (Archived)	Elixir	Instructions on the README
brainmaestro/tldr-php	PHP	composer global require brainmaestro/tldr
@ostera	tldr.jsx (archived)	Available online at tldr.ostera.io
@TheAshwanik	tldr-Jquery-client	Available online at blog.ashwani.co.in/tldr-Jquery-client
@hill	tldr-chrome	[Discontinued] Browser extension for Google Chrome
@piraces	tldr-extension-browser	Browser extension, published in the stores for Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge and other Chromium based browsers
@duckduckgo	tldr_pages (archived)	Sidebar shown on searches such as "tldr tar" on the DuckDuckGo search engine
@opoet7	tldr-persian	Available online at https://opoet7.github.io/tldr-persian/
@finzzz	finzzz/tldr (archived)	Available online at https://tldr.finzzz.net/
@manualsrepo	(unavailable)	Available online at https://manualsrepo.com/command

Client	Implementation details	Installation instructions
accatyyc / tldr-man	man	Instructions on the README
anoopengineer / tldr	Go	go get github.com/anoopengineer/tldr (or Download binaries for Windows, MacOSX and Linux)
avih / tldr-fmt	POSIX Shell	git clone https://github.com/avih/tldr-fmt
edgurgel / tldr_elixir_client (Archived)	Elixir	binaries not yet available
pranavraja / tldr (Archived)	Go	go get github.com/pranavraja/tldr (or platform binaries)
psibi / tldr-hs	Haskell	stack install tldr
YellowApple / tldrb	Ruby	gem install tldrb
marchersimon/tldr-cpp	C++	yay -S tldr-cpp-git
hochata/mt	Nim	nimble install mt
tldrx / tldrx	Rust	cargo install tldrx

Client	Platform	Installation instructions
hidroh / tldroid	Android	tldroid on Google Play
Techno-Disaster / tldr man-pages	Android	tldr man-pages on Google Play, and F-Droid
mflint / ios-tldr-viewer	iOS	tldr-pages in App Store

Client	Platform	Installation instructions
terenceng2010/tldr-electron	Linux, macOS, Windows	electron-packaged binaries at https://github.com/terenceng2010/tldr-electron

Application	Language	Source code	Installation instructions
Keypirinha	Python	keypirinha-tldr	Follow the installation instructions on the readme page.
Emacs	Emacs Lisp	kuanyui / tldr.el	tldr.el is now available on MELPA
Alfred	Go	konoui / alfred-tldr	Instructions on the README
Alfred	Python	cs1707 / tldr-alfred
Dash for macOS / Zeal	Python	cvn / tldr-python-dash-docset	open Preferences > Downloads > User Contributed and find tldr pages in the list
Telegram	JavaScript	tldr-telegram	Add the bot on Telegram or follow the installation instructions.
Discord	C#	Epictek/tldr-Discord
Dendron	JavaScript	kevinslin/seed-tldr	Install Dendron (VS Code extension), then follow the Quickstart to add the dendron.tldr vault
Raycast	TypeScript	raycast/extensions/tldr	Install Extension on Raycast Store

Currently broken clients and integrations

The following clients are under-maintained and were broken, when we removed the master branch. When these clients and integrations have been updated to work again, they can be moved back to the tables above.

Client / integration	Implementation details	Issue / pull request	Installation instructions
RosalesJ / tldr-ocaml	OCaml	https://github.com/RosalesJ/tldr-ocaml/pull/4	opam install tldr
lord63 / tldr.py	Python	https://github.com/lord63/tldr.py/pull/50	pip install tldr.py
kirillseva / tldrrr	R	https://github.com/kirillseva/tldrrr/pull/1	devtools::install_github('kirillseva/tldrrr')
karthiks-oss / tldr-java-client	Java	None	Instructions in the README
raylee / tldr-sh-client	POSIX Shell	https://github.com/raylee/tldr-sh-client/pull/54	installation via curl or manually saving the script
k3mist / tldr	Go	https://github.com/k3mist/tldr/pull/2	go get bitbucket.org/djr2/tldr (or Downloads (OSX, Linux, Windows))