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Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
1warn against
Dec 1, 2025first mention
Mar 11, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I ended up using vanilla man again.”
“why the technologically superior solution sort of lost to the stupider simpler man pages”
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“for a lot of linux things these 2 utils / commands are good”
Caveats and dissent
“"man" the tool does have issues, and one of them bit me just now.”
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All comments 4
“"man" the tool does have issues, and one of them bit me just now.”
“I ended up using vanilla man again.”
“why the technologically superior solution sort of lost to the stupider simpler man pages”
“for a lot of linux things these 2 utils / commands are good”