miru

miru

A command-line tool for viewing package documentation with a man-like interface.

Features

• View package documentation in terminal with man-like interface
• Support for multiple package registries and documentation sources
• Open documentation in browser
• Search packages and their documentation
• Configurable browser integration
• [] View structured documentation
  • Show documentation from symbols, types, and functions

Installation

go install github.com/ka2n/miru/cmd/miru@latest

Usage

View package documentation in terminal:

miru [package]                    # Display documentation in man-like interface
miru [package] -b                 # Open documentation in browser
miru [lang] [package]             # Specify package language explicitly
miru [package] --lang [lang]       # Specify package language with flag

Examples:

# View package documentation
miru github.com/spf13/cobra

# Open documentation in browser
miru golang.org/x/sync -b

# Specify language explicitly
miru go github.com/spf13/cobra

# Specify language with flag
miru github.com/spf13/cobra --lang go

Package Structure

github.com/ka2n/miru/
├── api/      # Core implementations for documentation fetching and rendering
├── cli/      # CLI interface implementation
├── mcp/      # Model Context Protocol server implementation
└── cmd/miru/ # Main command implementation

Configuration

Browser integration can be configured through environment variables:

MIRU_BROWSER=firefox    # Specify browser to use
MIRU_BROWSER_PATH=/path/to/browser  # Specify browser binary path

By default, miru uses go-openbrowser for browser integration.

Documentation Sources

miru supports fetching documentation from:

• go.pkg.dev
• pkg.go.dev
• GitHub repositories
• Local module documentation

Development

Requirements

• Go 1.21 or later

Setup

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/ka2n/miru.git
cd miru

1. Build

go build ./cmd/miru

1. Run tests

go test ./...

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details