myfreeer/cppreference2mshelp

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1236 stars · 184 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A converter that transforms cppreference.com offline HTML archives into Microsoft Help (msha) files for Visual Studio 2012+ and CHM help files for Windows. It uses PHP preprocessing scripts along with tools like Tidy, HTML Help Workshop, and makecab to build the documentation packages.

Use cases

• convert cppreference.com offline archive to CHM help file
• get C++ reference documentation inside Visual Studio help viewer
• build offline C/C++ documentation for Windows
• generate localized cppreference help packs including Chinese translation
• create .chm C++ standard library reference for offline reading

When to choose

• you want cppreference documentation integrated into Visual Studio 2012+ help system
• you need an offline CHM C/C++ reference on Windows
• you want localized (e.g. Chinese) cppreference documentation builds

When to avoid

• you need documentation for platforms other than Windows without extra tooling
• you prefer modern web-based or IDE-plugin documentation viewers
• you don't want to install PHP, Tidy, and Microsoft SDK tooling

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

documentation parser developer-tools documentation developer-tools windows cli cppreference chm microsoft-help offline-documentation converter chinese-translation c cpp

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