Help
Help viewer for GNOME Source
Description
Yelp is the GNOME help viewer. It is the default Mallard viewer, but it can also display DocBook, info, man, and HTML documentation.
It makes it easy to find the documentation you need, with interactive search and bookmarks.
It also has an editor mode, which shows editorial comments and revision statuses when editing Mallard documents.
Notice
GTK4/libadwaita and fitting mobile screens since 49.0.
Rating
Mobile Fit: 5Perfect - this app fits your phone screen just fine out of the box and works nicely with touch input!
Project status: pre-release
This project has not seen a release yet. It may be in development for a short time only, or maybe longer. It should work mostly fine, but don't expect to find it packaged in your distribution.
The project repository was created on 2018-05-22.
The last known commit happened on 2025-09-18.
Please note: This information is not updated continuously. This particular listing was last updated on 2025-09-18
Features
Connectivity: This app does never use the internet.
Packaging
Is this app packaged for my distribution?
green: current and packaged,
red: packaged, but not current, ratings and other details may not apply.
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Build and install your own flatpak: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/yelp/-/raw/master/org.gnome.Yelp.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-2.0-or-later Metadata: CC0-1.0
Frameworks: GTK4 libadwaita
Backend: Mallard
Programming languages: JavaScript C
Build system: meson
AppStream Metadata URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/yelp/-/raw/master/data/org.gnome.Yelp.metainfo.xml.in