---
name: "pydoc3"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python3"
version: "3.13.5-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pydoc3.13"
---

# pydoc3(1)

the Python documentation tool

Part of [pydoc3.13(1)](/pydoc3.13/1.md).

## NAME

pydoc3.13 - the Python documentation tool

## SYNOPSIS

**pydoc3.13** *name*

**pydoc3.13 -k** *keyword*

**pydoc3.13 -p** *port*

**pydoc3.13 -g**

**pydoc3.13 -w** *module \[...\]*

## DESCRIPTION

**pydoc3.13** *name* Show text documentation on something. *name* may be the name of a Python keyword, topic, function, module, or package, or a dotted reference to a class or function within a module or module in a package.  If *name* contains a '/', it is used as the path to a Python source file to document. If name is 'keywords', 'topics', or 'modules', a listing of these things is displayed.

**pydoc3.13 -k** *keyword* Search for a keyword in the synopsis lines of all available modules.

**pydoc3.13 -p** *port* Start an HTTP server on the given port on the local machine.

**pydoc3.13 -g** Pop up a graphical interface for finding and serving documentation.

**pydoc3.13 -w** *name \[...\]* Write out the HTML documentation for a module to a file in the current directory.  If *name* contains a '/', it is treated as a filename; if it names a directory, documentation is written for all the contents.

## AUTHOR

Moshe Zadka, based on "pydoc --help"