--- title: plp13/qman: A more modern man page viewer for our terminals description: Qman is a modern terminal-based manual page viewer written in plain C, designed as a feature-rich replacement for the traditional `man` command. Version 1.5.1... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/plp13-qman-a-more-modern-man-page-viewer-for-our-terminals-h6eajn2mr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: plp13/qman: A more modern man page viewer for our terminals | daily.dev og:description: Qman is a modern terminal-based manual page viewer written in plain C, designed as a feature-rich replacement for the traditional `man` command. Version 1.5.1... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/plp13-qman-a-more-modern-man-page-viewer-for-our-terminals-h6eajn2mr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/h6eajn2mR.png og:image:alt: plp13/qman: A more modern man page viewer for our terminals og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # plp13/qman: A more modern man page viewer for our terminals **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Qman is a modern terminal-based manual page viewer written in plain C, designed as a feature-rich replacement for the traditional `man` command. Version 1.5.1 is the latest release, with 1.5.0 introducing support for multiple man page systems (mandb, mandoc, FreeBSD, macOS/Darwin), filesystem hyperlinks, new themes including Adwaita variants, and improved error messages. Key features include hyperlinks to other man pages, URLs, and local files; a per-page table of contents; incremental search; mouse support; navigation history; and INI-style configuration. It aims to be fast and lightweight with minimal dependencies. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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