Downloadable pdf manual for openwrt?

[jaschoon]

hello:
is there a copy of the manual in downloadable pdf form?
thanks, j

[psherman]

No, there is no such thing, and it is not practical to do. Please use forum search -- you will find similar requests in the past as well as explanations for why this isn't an option.

That said, you can easily save for offline viewing PDFs of specific pages you might want to reference simply by "printing" them to PDF from your browser.

[jaschoon]

yes. because delivering already formatted text in a a single off-line accessible document is a huge ask. cant wait for technology to catch up.

[psherman]

It's not so simple, actually. If it was, it would be an option that could be offered. You are welcome to develop the backend code to make this possible and submit it for review by the team responsible for maintaining the main site and wiki.

There are ways to do this on your end (using wget, etc.), but there's no simple method that can work reliably (and quickly without consuming lots or resources) to pack up the entire knowledgebase of OpenWrt.... keep in mind, the documentation is constantly changing, so there would have to be jobs running after every change to regenerate such offline docs.

Below you will find a handful of additional links I found (30-second search of the forum). Please read them all. If, after you've digested all the previous discussions, you have ideas for how to achieve a useful offline documentation system and can contribute, please PM me and I'll re-open the thread...

I need offline openwrt docs

I sometimes do not have goot network connects,so I need offline openwrt docs. I try to use wget,but it does not work well. So how can I do? (I need a offline version of https://openwrt.org/docs/)

Offline Documentation

Hi. I am new to the forum. Hello. As many people have likely experienced we are not able to read the full website documentation available at https://openwrt.org/docs/ offline via often used methods such as from the device webserver page, via a software plugin ( opkg install 'documentation'), or as a standalone pdf. The openwrt documentation is excellent. For most openwrt users and developers, the documentation not only effectively describes how to operate our openwrt devices, but is also an exc…

Is there documentation suitable for printing?

Hi everyone, Ubuntu user transitioning to Fedora GNU/Linux and OpenWrt newbie here. I recently ordered a ZBT we826-t2 MT7620A 300Mbps OpenWrt router with 32 MB of flash and 128 MB of RAM (and without the 4G module) following the advice on the #openwrt IRC channel for an inexpensive yet capable device. The thing is, I need to familiarize myself with OpenWrt as a user and found the documentation on the wiki really useful – but hard to read. Would you have something (the copy of the wiki or an e-…

Full download of documentation (.pdf/.html) for offline usage

Title says it all. Please add option for offline download off documentation. Nothing is more useful when trying to set up OpenWrt.

How-to download all openwrt wiki/documentation?

Is there a way to download openwrt wiki/documentation for offline use? Some projects offer theirs on github.com as markdown files, so I was wondering! wget -m -np https://openwrt.org/docs/ will return a Error 429: "Too Many Requests", and limiting with --wait is very slow. Thanks!

Building a local copy of the documentation

The Wiki is pretty slow and I'm trying to set up my router. Is it possible to build a local instance of the docs?

[slh]

On top of that, keep in mind that we're talking about a wiki, not a book. There is neither a start, nor an end. Even if you'd be incredibly bored, 98% of it will have no relevance to you, device pages for hardware you don't own, experiments in different languages, outdated stuff, information about 63 different VPN protocols since the dawn of time, … Be selective, download the 3-10 pages you might need today - the rest will still be there tomorrow. This isn't a test, you don't have to memorize everything by tomorrow 0800 or Ms Krabappel will give you an 'F'.

Bonus points if you have 4g/ 5g internet access on a smartphone (or some other independent means of internet access), then you check what you need, when you need it.