List of help authoring tools
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| Name | Author | License License The verb license or grant licence means to give permission. The noun license or licence refers to that permission as well as to the document recording that permission.A license may be granted by a party to another party as an element of an agreement... |
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| Adobe RoboHelp | Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States... |
Proprietary | none |
| Author-it | Author-it Software Corporation | Proprietary | Formerly AuthorIT |
| Doc-To-Help | ComponentOne | Proprietary | none |
| Doc-O-Matic | Toolsfactory Software Inc. | Proprietary | none |
| Dr.Explain | Indigo Byte Systems, LLC | Proprietary | none |
| HelpIQ | HelpIQ.com Inc. | Proprietary | Free and Paid |
| HelpNDoc HelpNDoc HelpNDoc is a Windows-based help authoring tool published by IBE Software, a company based in France.Like many help authoring tools, HelpNDoc allows the writer to create a single source text which it then converts to a number of target formats such as CHM, PDF, RTF and HTML... |
IBE-Software | Proprietary | Free and Paid app |
| FAR HTML | Helpware | Proprietary | none |
| HelpConsole 2010 | Extreme Ease Software | Proprietary | none |
| Help & Manual Help & Manual Help & Manual is a Windows-based help authoring tool published by EC Software, a company based in Austria.Like many help authoring tools, Help & Manual allows the writer to create a single source text which it then converts to a number of target formats. In this case, the author creates the source... |
EC Software Help & Manual Help & Manual is a Windows-based help authoring tool published by EC Software, a company based in Austria.Like many help authoring tools, Help & Manual allows the writer to create a single source text which it then converts to a number of target formats. In this case, the author creates the source... |
Proprietary | none |
| Help Generator Help Generator Help Generator is a Windows-based help authoring tool published by AGORA Software BV, a company based in The Netherlands. The Help Generator software consists of a help authoring IDE , a topic page generator which can be used to generate pages from the user interface of any Windows application and... |
AGORA Software BV Help Generator Help Generator is a Windows-based help authoring tool published by AGORA Software BV, a company based in The Netherlands. The Help Generator software consists of a help authoring IDE , a topic page generator which can be used to generate pages from the user interface of any Windows application and... |
Proprietary | none |
| Helpinator | Major Mind Software | Proprietary | none |
| HelpMapper | HelpMapper | Proprietary | none |
| HelpServer | HelpServer | Proprietary or SaaS | none |
| HelpSmith | Divcom Software | Proprietary | none |
| HelpStudio | Innovasys | Proprietary | none |
| HyperText Studio | Olson Software | Proprietary | none |
| MadCap Flare MadCap Software MadCap Software is an American computer software firm headquartered in La Jolla, California. The firm is best known for producing various help authoring tools... |
MadCap Software MadCap Software MadCap Software is an American computer software firm headquartered in La Jolla, California. The firm is best known for producing various help authoring tools... |
Proprietary | none |
| Precision Helper | Precision software & consulting | Freeware | none |
| Sandcastle | Microsoft Corporation | MS Public | none |
| WinCHM | Softany | Proprietary | Free and Paid app |