Origin story
Getting the document by just entering the number rather than dealing with search engines and browser.
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rfc_reader
A terminal-based interface for fetching, caching, and browsing IETF RFC documents, featuring text search and table of contents navigation.
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Overview
A terminal-based interface for fetching, caching, and browsing IETF RFC documents, featuring text search and table of contents navigation.
An RFC viewer with TUI
From the maintainer
First workflow
Just enter the document number.
Design choice
It has a Table of Contents list just like pdf readers. Idk otherwise its just a TUI.
Roadmap
Improvements in Table of Contents parsing and performance.
Latest Release
v0.11.2
Released: Dec 13, 2025Install rfc_reader 0.11.2
Install prebuilt binaries via shell script
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/ozan2003/rfc_reader/releases/download/v0.11.2/rfc_reader-installer.sh | sh
Install prebuilt binaries via powershell script
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "irm https://github.com/ozan2003/rfc_reader/releases/download/v0.11.2/rfc_reader-installer.ps1 | iex"
Download rfc_reader 0.11.2
| File | Platform | Checksum |
|---|---|---|
| rfc_reader-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz | Apple Silicon macOS | checksum |
| rfc_reader-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz | Intel macOS | checksum |
| rfc_reader-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip | x64 Windows | checksum |
| rfc_reader-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz | ARM64 Linux | checksum |
| rfc_reader-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz | x64 Linux | checksum |
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