TL;DR — Quick Summary

halp shows help pages for any CLI command. Automatically detects --help, -h, man pages, and formats them with colors and paging — never wonder which flag to use.

halp finds the help page. —help, -h, man — it tries everything automatically.

Installation

# Cargo
cargo install halp

Usage

# View help for a command
halp git
halp docker
halp cargo

# Subcommand help
halp git commit
halp docker compose

# Override help flag
halp --check '-?' some-command

Summary

  • halp automatically finds help for any CLI command
  • Tries —help, -h, help subcommand, man pages
  • Colorized output with automatic paging
  • Works with any command on your system
  • Written in Rust — instant, cross-platform