# Dash

> Offline API documentation browser for 200+ docsets, plus a system-wide snippet manager

Source: https://optioncmd.com/dash
Website: https://kapeli.com/dash?utm_source=optioncmd
Pricing: One-time purchase
Categories: [Developer tools](https://optioncmd.com/categories/developer-tools.md)
Listed: 2026-10-23
Updated: 2026-10-23

Dash is an offline API documentation browser and code snippet manager for Mac developers. It searches documentation for more than 200 APIs instantly, without an internet connection.

**Key features:**

- Download and search 200+ offline docsets and 100+ cheat sheets with fuzzy search.
- Generate docsets for packages from Swift, Ruby, Python, Go, Rust and other ecosystems.
- Build searchable offline docsets from websites or local HTML with the Docset Generator.
- Give AI assistants like Claude or ChatGPT current documentation through MCP.
- Expand code snippets in any app, with placeholders for clipboard, cursor, date and time.
- Look up docs from Xcode, Alfred, Raycast, VS Code, Vim and many other tools.

Dash is available as a download from Kapeli, with a license sold on the same site.

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