A Help Authoring Tool or HAT is a software program used by technical writers to create online help systems. The output from a HAT can be either a compiled Help file in a format such as WinHelp (*.HLP) or Microsoft Compiled HTML Help (*.CHM), or non compiled file formats such as Adobe PDF, XML, HTML or JavaHelp.
At enlyft, we use sophisticated, patent-pending algorithms to track the use of various Help Authoring products and technologies. We track 12 products in the Help Authoring category, and have found 10,588 companies using these products.
Product |
Install base
# of companies we found using this product |
Market Share |
---|---|---|
Adobe RoboHelp | 4,564 | 43% |
Madcap | 2,527 | 23% |
Madcap Flare | 2,443 | 23% |
MkDocs | 304 | < 5% |
Paligo | 203 | < 5% |
WebWorks ePublisher | 190 | < 5% |
Web Manuals | 117 | < 5% |
easyDITA | 64 | < 5% |
Anark | 63 | < 5% |
HelpNDoc | 54 | < 5% |
Cortona3D | 43 | < 5% |
Dr.Explain | 16 | < 5% |