Qman

qman

Modern man page viewer

Runs as qman|macOS, Linux, Windows|github.com

Open form in Otty otty.toml

Command form

ai-draft · 2 tasks · 6 fields

Open a manual page in Qman, or search and list pages. Local-file mode, global apropos and action-on-startup are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui qman

View a man pageExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Section and page*

string

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Open a page

page

Search pages

apropos

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Section and page

Optional section followed by the page name, for example 3 printf. Leave empty to list all pages.
string · positional 0 · repeatable

Search names and descriptions

Regular expression, like apropos(1). Used instead of a page name.
string

--apropos-k

Show short description of page

string

--whatis-f

List all pages

boolean

--index-n

Plain output (no interface)

Print formatted output to the terminal instead of opening the text interface.
boolean

--cli-T

Config file

path

--config-path-C

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

man

qman [options] [[section] page] qman [options] -k regexp ... qman [options] -f page ... -n, --index Show a list of all manual pages on the system, together with their sections and short descriptions. -k, --apropos regexp Interactive equivalent to apropos(1). -f, --whatis page Interactive equivalent to whatis(1). -T, --cli Suppress the text user interface…

manual2026-10-27

manpages.ubuntu.com

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed qman against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.