zealdocs/zeal
Offline documentation browser. Your personal reference library, searchable in an instant.
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[](https://go.zealdocs.org/l/discord) [](https://go.zealdocs.org/l/telegram) [](https://go.zealdocs.org/l/x) [](https://github.com/zealdocs/zeal/releases) [](https://github.com/zealdocs/zeal/actions/workflows/build-check.yaml) [](COPYING) Zeal is an offline documentation browser: your personal reference library, searchable in an instant and available without a connection. Originally inspired by Dash, it supports the same docset format. <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" <img alt="Zeal showing instant search results across multiple docsets" Binary builds for Windows and other installation options are available on the download page. Windows builds require Windows 10 version 1809 or later. After installing Zeal, go to File → Docset Library, select the docsets you want, and click the Download button. Limit the search scope by prefixing your query with a docset name and a colon: cpp:vector To search multiple docsets, separate them with a comma: python,django:string You can also start Zeal with a query from the command line: zeal python:pprint Detailed, up-to-date build instructions for each platform are available in the wiki. The bare minimum is described below.…
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- Zeal
- Download
- How to use
- Query and filter docsets
- Command line
- How to compile
- Build dependencies
- Build instructions
- Create your own docsets
- Contributing
- Contact and support
- License
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What this repository does
Offline documentation browser. Your personal reference library, searchable in an instant.
Repository facts
- Owner
- zealdocs
- Primary language
- C++
- Stars
- 12,861
- Forks
- 852
- Open issues + pull requests
- 100
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Archived
- No
- Default branch
- main
- Created
- 2013-01-20T01:50:30.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-10-31T17:07:41.000Z
Topics and intended use
Owner-supplied topics: api, api-documentation, dash, desktop-application, developer-tools, docs, docset, documentation, documentation-tool, linux, offline, qt, reference, windows, zeal
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