List of help authoring tools

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

Multi-platform

Mac OS

Unix/Linux

Windows

Temporary List

* Adobe RoboHelp
* [http://aurigadoc.sourceforge.net AurigaDoc]
* AuthorIT
* [http://www.chmeditor.com CHM Editor]
* [http://www.abeetech.com CHM Maker]
* chm2web
* [http://www.dawningsoft.com Dawningsoft DOC2CHM]
* [http://www.dawningsoft.com Dawningsoft PDF2CHM]
* [http://www.dawningsoft.com Dawningsoft PowerCHM]
* [http://www.devahelp.com/ Deva Tools]
* [http://www.doc-o-matic.com Doc-O-Matic]
* Doc-To-Help
* [http://www.softarex.com/docarchitector.html DocArchitector]
* [http://www.innovasys.com Document! X]
* [http://www.doxygen.org/ Doxygen] - Dimitri van Heesch.
* [http://www.drexplain.com/ Dr.Explain]
* [http://www.maxcomponents.net E.S.T. Help Author Pro]
* [http://www.e-novative.info/software/ede.php eDE] e-novative DocBook Environment
* [http://www.helpware.net/FAR/ FAR]
* [http://www.flyskysoft.com/pchm/overview.html FlySkySoft Pocket CHM]
* [http://www.flyskysoft.com/flyhelp/overview.html FlySkySoft Fly Help]
* [http://www.doctohelp.com/ ForeHelp] (ceased operations)
* Help & Manual
* [http://www.helpblocks.com/ HelpBlocks]
* [http://www.helpdevelopmentstudio.com/ Help Development Studio]
* Help Generator
* [http://www.ebutterfly.com Help Logic]
* [http://www.mgtek.com/helpproducer Help Producer]
* [http://www.solutionsoft.com/hlpbrz.htm HelpBreeze]
* [http://www.extremeease.com/helpconsole%202008%20overview.htm HelpConsole 2008]
* [http://www.helpcruiser.com/ HelpCruiser]
* [http://www.helpmatic.net helpMATC Pro HTML]
* [http://www.ibe-software.com/products/software/helpndoc/ HelpNDoc]
* [http://www.helpscribble.com/ HelpScribble]
* [http://www.4st.com/pro_helpserver.html HelpServer]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/helpsetmaker/ HelpSetMaker]
* [http://www.helpsmith.com/ HelpSmith]
* [http://www.innovasys.com/products/hs3/overview.aspx HelpStudio]
* [http://www.theta-software.com/helptron.htm HelpTron]
* [http://www.theta-software.com/chmtopdf.htm HelpTron CHM To PDF Converter]
* [http://www.theta-software.com/htmltopdf.htm HelpTron HTML To PDF Converter]
* [http://www.helptrix.com/ Helptrix]
* [http://www.devcomponents.com HTML Help COM Assistant]
* [http://www.html-indexer.com HTML Indexer]
* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb267846.aspx HTML Help Workshop] - Microsoft.
* HyperText Studio
* Macrobject Word-2-CHM
* Macrobject Word-2-Web
* MadCap Flare
* [http://www.omsys.com/dcl/mif2go_main.htm Mif2Go]
* [http://www.officehelp.de OfficeHelp]
* [http://www.excelsoftware.com/quickhelpplatforms.html QuickHelp]
* [http://www.vmtech.com/reworx.htm ReWorx]
* [http://www.roledata.com/rolehelp.htm Rolehelp]
* [http://www.sevensteps.com/ Sevensteps]
* [http://www.swishzone.com SWiSH Guide] (discontinued))
* [http://www.steema.com TeeGofer Help Author for .NET Components]
* True Help
* [http://www.ptlogica.com TwinText]
* Visagesoft Windows Help Designer/Winhelp
* [http://www.quadralay.com/Products/ePublisher/ WebWorks ePublisher ]
* [http://www.west-wind.com/wwHelp/ West Wind HTML Help Builder]
* [http://www.softany.com/winchm/ WinCHM]
* [http://www.quadralay.com/ WordHelp]
* [http://www.solutionsoft.com WordToWeb]
* [http://www.vmtech.com XDK]
* [http://www.enkeladress.com/zenhelp/ ZenHelp]

References

* Citation
last = Indoition Engineering
first =
title = Checklist: Choosing a Help Authoring Tool
url = http://www.indoition.com/k_checklist_help_authoring_tools.htm
accessdate = 05 Oct 2008
* Citation
last = Indoition Engineering
first =
title = Useful Software: Help Authoring Tools
url = http://www.indoition.com/k_help_authoring_tools_en.htm
accessdate = 05 Oct 2008
* Citation
last = James-Tanny
first = Char
title = Choosing Help Authoring Tools: What Are Your Choices?
url = http://www.stcboston.org/broadside/11_2002/v60_no2_james-tannyprint.shtml
accessdate = 05 Oct 2008
* Citation
last = James-Tanny
first = Char
title = Choosing Help Authoring Tools: What Factors Affect Your Decision?
url = http://www.stcboston.org/broadside/01_2003/v60_no3_james-tannyprint.shtml
accessdate = 05 Oct 2008
* Citation
last1 = James-Tanny | first1 = Char
last2 = Freeman | first2 = Jim
last3 = Gielczy | first3 = Lisa
title = Hat-Matrix: Compare HATS
url = http://hat-matrix.com/compare_hats/
accessdate = 05 Oct 2008