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This page is a list of [[help authoring tool]]s, organized by [[operating system]].

==Mac==

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name

! Author

! [[License]]

! Remarks

|-

<!--| name || author || Proprietary || none -->

| [[Help Crafter]] || Putercraft LLC || Apple App Store || none

|-}

==Windows==

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| [[Adobe RoboHelp]] || [[Adobe Systems]] || Proprietary || none

|-

| [[Author-itHelpSmith]] || [[Author-itHelpSmith|Author-itDivcom Software Corporation]] || Proprietary || Formerly AuthorITnone

|-

| [[ComponentOneMadCap Software|Doc-To-HelpMadCap Flare]] || [[ComponentOneMadCap Software]] || Proprietary || none

|-

| [[Doc-O-Matic]]Help & Manual || [[Doc-O-Matic|ToolsfactoryEC Software Inc.]] || Proprietary || none

|-

| [[Dr.ExplainHelpNDoc]] || [http://www.drexplain.com Indigo Byte Systems, LLC[IBE-Software]] || Proprietary || noneFree and Paid app

|-

| [[Sandcastle (software)|Sandcastle]] || [[Microsoft Corporation]] || [[Microsoft Public License|MS Public]] || none

| [[HelpIQ]] || [http://www.helpIQ.com HelpIQ.com Inc.] || Proprietary || Free and Paid

|-}

== Cross-platform ==

{| class="wikitable"

!Name

!Author

!License

!Remarks

|-

|[[DocBook]]

| [[HelpNDoc]] || [http://www.helpndoc.com IBE-Software] || Proprietary || Free and Paid app

|[[OASIS (organization)|OASIS]]

|-

|-

| [[Helpware|FAR HTML]] || [http://www.helpware.net Helpware] || Proprietary || none

|-

| [http://www.extremeease.com/helpconsole_2010_overview.htm HelpConsole 2010] || [http://www.extremeease.com/ Extreme Ease Software] || Proprietary || none

|-

| [[Help & Manual]] || [[Help & Manual|EC Software]] || Proprietary || none

|-

| [[Help Generator]] || [[Help Generator|AGORA Software BV]] || Proprietary || none

|-

| [[Helpinator]] || [http://www.helpinator.com Major Mind Software] || Proprietary || none

|-

| [[HelpMapper]] || [http://www.helpmapper.com HelpMapper] || Proprietary || none

|-

| [[HelpServer]] || [http://www.helpserver.eu HelpServer] || Proprietary or SaaS || none

|-

| [[HelpScribble]] || [http://www.helpscribble.com HelpScribble] || Freeware || none

|-

| [http://www.helpsmith.com HelpSmith] || [[Divcom Software]] || Proprietary || none

|-

| [[HelpStudio]] || [http://www.innovasys.com Innovasys] || Proprietary || none

|-

| HyperText Studio || [http://www.olsonsoft.com Olson Software] || Proprietary || none

|-

| [[MadCap Software|MadCap Flare]] || [[MadCap Software]] || Proprietary || none

|-

| [http://www.be-precision.com/products/precision-helper/ Precision Helper] || [http://www.be-precision.com Precision software & consulting] || Freeware || none

|-

| [[Sandcastle (software)|Sandcastle]] || [[Microsoft Corporation]] || [[Microsoft Public License|MS Public]] || none

|-

|[[Kindle Direct Publishing]]

| [http://www.danish-shareware.dk/soft/shelpm/ Shalom Help Maker] || Finn Ekberg Christiansen || Freeware || none

|[[Amazon.com]]

|-

|-

|-

|[[AsciiDoc]]

| [[WinCHM]] || [http://www.softany.com/winchm/ Softany] || Proprietary || Free and Paid app

|[[Stuart Rackham]]

|[[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]]

|[[Open-source software]]

|}

== References ==

{{refbegin}}

* {{citation

* <cite id=refIndoitionCHAT>{{Citation

| last = Indoition Engineering

| first =

| title = Checklist: Choosing a Help Authoring Tool

| url = http://www.indoition.com/online-help-authoring-tool-choosing.htm

| accessdate = 05 Oct 2008}}</cite>

* <cite id=refIndoitionUHAT>{{Citation

| last = Indoition Engineering

| first =

| title = Useful Software: Help Authoring Tools

| url = http://www.indoition.com/online-help-authoring-tools-survey.htm

| accessdate = 05 Oct 2008}}</cite>

* <cite id=refJamesTannyCHAT>{{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 = 055 Oct 2008|ref=refJamesTannyCHAT}}</cite>

* {{citation

* <cite id=refJamesTannyDHAT>{{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 = 055 Oct 2008|ref=refJamesTannyDHAT}}</cite>

* {{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 = 5 Oct 2008 | ref = refHatMatrix | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080724091444/http://www.hat-matrix.com/compare_hats/ | archive-date = 24 July 2008 | url-status = dead }}

* <cite id=refHatMatrix>{{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}}</cite>

{{refend}}

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