Alternatives and competitors
Sites like man7.org
The 20 closest Linux programming documentation alternatives to man7.org, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 4 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to man7.org? The closest matches are Linux kernel, Lothar and Arch Linux. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 4,032
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 14 ms
01 · Entity
About man7.org
man7.org
Michael Kerrisk - man7.org
Wikidata: writer, Computer programmer
Summary by Claude
Personal website of Michael Kerrisk, maintainer of the Linux man-pages project, hosting online Linux manual pages, information about his book The Linux Programming Interface, Linux system programming training courses, articles and conference talks.
- Who it’s for
- Linux and Unix system programmers
- Business model
- Training courses and book sales
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to man7.org’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to man7.org
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to man7.org, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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The Linux Kernel Archives
Unix-like operating system kernel, basis for all Linux operating systems
Close cos 0.893 - 02
Arch Linux
Linux distribution
Close cos 0.875 - 03
The Perl Programming Language - www.perl.org
The Perl Programming Language at Perl.org. Links and other helpful resources for new and experienced Perl programmers.
Close cos 0.870 - 04
about.me | your personal homepage
Create a free, one-page website in minutes with about.me. Showcase your work, links, and story on a personal homepage that's all about you.
Close cos 0.867 - 05
web.dev
Guidance to build modern web experiences that work on any browser.
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Simple Page
food focused online social networking service
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Welcome to Python.org
The official home of the Python Programming Language
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W3Schools Online Web Tutorials
Well organized and easy to understand Web building tutorials with lots of examples of how to use HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, Python, PHP, Bootstrap, Java, XML and more.
Close cos 0.866 - 10
int08h
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PHP
PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.
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GeeksforGeeks | Your All-in-One Learning Portal
Your All-in-One Learning Portal. It contains well written, well thought and well explained computer science and programming articles, quizzes and practice/competitive programming/company interview Questions.
- Google Analytics
- Google Search Console
- Google Workspace
- Amazon SES
- Amazon CloudFront
- Google Ads conversion tracking
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R: The R Project for Statistical Computing
programming language for statistical analysis
Close cos 0.862 - 14
Client Challenge
non-profit educational organization
Close cos 0.864 - 15
The GNU Operating System and the Free Software Movement
Since 1983, developing the free Unix style operating system GNU, so that computer users can have the freedom to share and improve the software they use.
Close cos 0.862 - 16
How-To Geek - We Explain Technology
We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressing tech questions.
Close cos 0.866 - 17
Wikibooks
free multilingual online collection of textbooks
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Simple Page
American website
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DEV Community
A space to discuss and keep up software development and manage your software career
Close cos 0.862 - 20
Schneier on Security -
Close cos 0.858
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to man7.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones man7.org uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What man7.org is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Analytics
- Google Analytics page source: google-analytics.com/ga.js
- Web servers
- Apache HTTP Server header server: Apache/2.4.58 (Ubuntu)
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=6yqdzWtjBD9BVkrXEriCj0oCiw6p0kAOdZs09mcRoeg
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what man7.org adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 16/20
- Google Workspace 7/20
- nginx · not on man7.org 6/20
- Google Analytics 5/20
- Amazon SES · not on man7.org 5/20
- Google Fonts · not on man7.org 4/20
- Cloudflare · not on man7.org 4/20
- SendGrid · not on man7.org 4/20
- Font Awesome · not on man7.org 4/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on man7.org 4/20
- Fastly · not on man7.org 3/20
- GlobalSign · not on man7.org 3/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on man7.org 3/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on man7.org 3/20
- OpenAI · not on man7.org 3/20
- PHP · not on man7.org 3/20