List of help authoring tools

This page is a list of help authoring tools, organized by operating system.

Mac

Name Author License Remarks Help Crafter Putercraft LLC Apple App Store none

Windows

Name Author License Remarks Adobe RoboHelp Adobe Systems Proprietary none HelpSmith Divcom Software Proprietary none MadCap Flare MadCap Software Proprietary none Help & Manual EC Software Proprietary none HelpNDoc IBE-Software Proprietary Free and Paid app Sandcastle Microsoft Corporation MS Public none

Cross-platform NameAuthorLicenseRemarksDocBookOASISKindle Direct PublishingAmazon.comAsciiDocStuart RackhamGNU GPLOpen-source software

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