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Tealdeer

Get quick, example-based command help in your terminal.

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  • Rating

    4.5 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Intermediate

  • Works on

    Cross-Platform

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What is Tealdeer?

Tealdeer is a very fast implementation of tldr, the community-driven collection of simplified, example-based man pages. Instead of long manuals, you see a few practical examples for a command. It is written in Rust and licensed under Apache-2.0 or MIT.

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Pros: what Tealdeer does well

  • Short examples instead of dense manual pages
  • Very fast to start and use
  • Community-written pages cover many commands

Cons: where it falls short

  • Terminal only, with no graphical interface
  • Examples are brief and not a full reference

Who Tealdeer is for

Anyone learning the command line who wants quick examples.

Who can skip it

People who never use a terminal.

Tealdeer alternatives

Not sold on Tealdeer? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

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Focus: shell history and sync. Shares terminal and command line with Tealdeer. Adds macOS, Linux and Windows. Rated 4.7 (Tealdeer: 4.5).

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htop

Focus: process viewer and system monitor. Shares terminal and command line with Tealdeer. Adds macOS and Linux. Rated 4.7 (Tealdeer: 4.5).

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iTerm2

Focus: mac and tmux. Shares terminal and command line with Tealdeer. Adds macOS. Rated 4.7 (Tealdeer: 4.5).

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zoxide

Focus: navigation and shell. Shares terminal and command line with Tealdeer. Adds macOS, Linux and Windows. Rated 4.7 (Tealdeer: 4.5).

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Free alternatives to Tealdeer

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Alacritty

Focus: gpu and minimal. Shares terminal and command line with Tealdeer. Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Rated 4.6 (Tealdeer: 4.5).

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fish shell

Focus: shell and autocomplete. Shares terminal and command line with Tealdeer. Adds macOS and Linux. Rated 4.6 (Tealdeer: 4.5).

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kitty

Focus: gpu. Shares terminal and command line with Tealdeer. Adds macOS and Linux. Rated 4.6 (Tealdeer: 4.5).

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pgcli

Focus: postgres and sql. Shares terminal and command line with Tealdeer. Adds macOS and Linux. Rated 4.6 (Tealdeer: 4.5).

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Tabby

Focus: ssh and serial. Shares terminal and command line with Tealdeer. Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Rated 4.6 (Tealdeer: 4.5).

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gping

Focus: ping and network. Shares terminal and command line with Tealdeer. Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Same 4.5 rating.

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