Dash for macOS - API Documentation Browser

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“Indispensable
masterpiece
for developers.”

Dash gives your Mac instant offline access to 200+ API documentation sets.

Overview

Dash is an API Documentation Browser and Code Snippet Manager. Dash instantly searches offline documentation sets for 200+ APIs, 100+ cheat sheets and more. You can even generate your own docsets or request docsets to be included.

Dash documentation browser interface showing Swift API documentation with instant search

Third-Party Documentation Sources

Dash integrates with package managers to generate documentation sets for anything you might need, as well as provide custom documentation sources of its own.

Docset Generator

The built-in Docset Generator lets you scrape websites or index local HTML files to build fully searchable, offline docsets.

Perfect for internal documentation, open source projects, or any docs you want searchable in Dash.

AI Integration

Dash supports MCP (Model Context Protocol), integrating with AI assistants like Claude or ChatGPT. Give your AI tools access to up-to-date documentation for the newest frameworks and packages.

Snippets

Powerful text expansion that works everywhere on your Mac. Save code templates, boilerplate, and frequently-typed text with smart placeholders. Type a short abbreviation in any app and watch it expand instantly into the full snippet.

Features interactive placeholders, syntax highlighting for 150+ languages, tag-based organization, and system-wide expansion in every application.

Amazing Integration Plugins


    Xcode

    Alfred

    Quicksilver

    LaunchBar

    Raycast

    PopClip

    Espresso

    Nova

    Emacs

    Vim

    Neovim

    BBEdit

    TextWrangler

    TextMate

    Sublime Text

    CotEditor

    Chocolat

    Atom

    Brackets

    Eclipse

    Android Studio

    Visual Studio Code

    AppCode

    IntelliJ IDEA

    RubyMine

    WebStorm

    PhpStorm

    PyCharm

    CLion

    DataGrip

    GoLand

    Rider

    Terminal

    AppleScript

    Any App

Loaded With Features