What's the best way to read python documentation for all installed packages?

Question

I use python.org a lot for reading python documentation. I also use ipython help function, but I would prefer a GUI app that I could run on my machine that would show documentation for all installed packages.

Do you know if anything like this exists?

Do you have any suggestions?

Answer 1

The pydoc command has a built-in HTTP server, which you can start with:

pydoc -p 8080

Then head to http://localhost:8080/ in your browser. It will have documentation for all modules installed on its search path, which includes anything in site-packages.