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Brief

Browse command-line cheatsheets Source

Description

Brief is an app for browsing command-line cheatsheets. It lets you search through thousands of command-line tools across multiple platforms and languages, providing simplified help pages.

Features:

  • Works completely offline.
  • Filter platform specific commands (Linux, Windows, Android, etc.).
  • View command help pages in multiple available languages.
  • Change the command argument format between long (ls --all) or short (ls -a).
  • Lets you update the cache within the app to download the latest data.

Source

Project links: Links to (pages with) screenshots:

Rating

Mobile Fit: 5

Perfect - this app fits your phone screen just fine out of the box and works nicely with touch input!

Project status: released

This project has been developed so far, that its authors felt confident enough to create a release.

The project repository was created on 2025-12-12.

The last known commit happened on 2026-01-06.
Please note: This information is not updated continuously. This particular listing was last updated on 2026-01-17

Features

✔ This app is (according to its appstream metadata or description) intended to be compatible with mobile devices.

Packaging

Get it on Flathub!

Install as flatpak: https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.shonebinu.Brief.flatpakref

Build and install your own flatpak: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/shonebinu/Brief/refs/heads/main/io.github.shonebinu.Brief.json

If you're lucky*, you can install this app by just hitting this button:

Install

* You need to have an appstream:// handler, e.g., GNOME Software or KDE Discover, installed and the app needs to be available in a configured software repository, more details.

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Licensing and technical details

License: GPL-3.0-or-later Metadata: CC0-1.0

Frameworks: GTK4 libadwaita

Programming languages: Python

Build system: meson

AppStream Metadata URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/shonebinu/Brief/refs/heads/main/data/io.github.shonebinu.Brief.metainfo.xml.in