Download Free Evaluation Versions
The trial of Help+Manual is fully functional for 30-days and has the complete feature set of the Professional Edition!
(The setup includes our image editor SnipSVG.)
Help+Manual 10.0.2 Build 7432
[Older versions]
| H&M Version | Date Released | |
| Version 9.7.2 | 2025-06-16 | Free update if your maintenance includes the release date. |
| Version 9.6.0 | 2024-10-07 | |
| Version 9.5.0 | 2024-05-06 | |
| Version 9.4.0 | 2023-12-08 | |
| Version 8.3.0 | 2021-01-22 | |
| Version 7.5.4 | 2019 | Download this setup to re-install version 7. |
| Version 6.5.6 | 2015 | Download this setup to re-install version 6. |
System requirements
Supported OS:
Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7 (Windows XP and older not supported).
Hardware requirements:
2 GB RAM, up to 350 MB disk space, screen resolution of 1024x768 or higher.
Installer includes English, German UI
H+M Translation Assistant is a companion tool for Help+Manual. The trial is fully functional for 30-days.
System requirements
Supported OS:
Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7 (Windows XP and older not supported).
Hardware requirements:
2 GB RAM, up to 100 MB disk space, screen resolution of 1024x768 (large display strongly recommended).
Installer includes English
The trial of HelpXplain is fully functional for 30-days without limitations!
HelpXplain 1.8.4 Build 1854
[Older versions]
| HelpXplain Version | Date Released | |
| Version 1.8.1 | 2024-02-02 | Free update if your maintenance includes the release date. |
| Version 1.8.0 | 2023-11-23 | |
| Version 1.7.1 | 2023-10-22 | |
| Version 1.7.0 | 2023-07-02 | |
| Version 1.6.0 | 2022-02-07 | |
| Version 1.5.0 | 2021-04-14 |
System requirements
Supported OS:
Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7 (Windows XP and older not supported).
Hardware requirements:
4 GB RAM, up to 200 MB disk space, screen resolution of 1024x768 or higher.
Installer includes English and German UI
SnipSVG is our free Screen Capture and Image Editing Utility.
This is the stand-alone installer of SnipSVG for Windows and macOS. (SnipSVG is included in Help+Manual 10.)
System requirements
Supported OS:
Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7 (32/64 bit)
macOS 11 or later (Intel/Apple Silicon)
Hardware requirements:
2 GB RAM, up to 100 MB disk space, screen resolution of 1024x768.
Additional Downloads
Alternative MSI Setup for Help+Manual
For sysadmins who want to distribute Help+Manual to multiple PCs, this is a silent MSI setup package for Help+Manual, as an alternative to the executable installer above.
Installer for Microsoft HTML Help Workshop ("htmlhelp.exe"). Most software development tools ship the Microsoft help compiler, so you may already have installed it.
Note: After installing you will see a message that you "already have a newer version of HTML Help". Please ignore it! This message refers to the run-time components for displaying HTML Help on Windows, and on current computers the existing runtimes are always newer than those in the HTML Help Workshop package.
The setup of Help+Manual includes English and German dictionaries, but many more are available! Because Help+Manual uses the open source dictionary files from OpenOffice, you can download the desired language from the OpenOffice extensions download page.
How to download and install dictionaries:
- Go to the OpenOffice extensions download page
- Select Dictionaries from the extensions list
- Download the required language file to your computer. You will receive a file with an ".OXT" file extension
- Copy the OXT file into the "\Dictionaries" folder of your Help+Manual installation
How to integrate online help into your application.
These free tutorials cover all aspects for
help file integration for the most common development tools.
Help+Manual - Section 508 VPAT
Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) - this document describes how the accessibility features of Help+Manual help federal agencies address the requirements of Section 508 Standards.
Free Software
We offer several free software products which typically work as stand-alone tools or as complementary add-ons for our commercial products Help+Manual and HelpXplain. You'll find the download links on the corresponding product page!
eWriter Viewer App
This is a free app to display and run eBooks ending with ".ewriter". Both, Help+Manual and HelpXplain can create
eWriter eBooks. To view these eBooks, your just need to install the viewer app.
Download eWriter Viewer
eWriter Creator
eWriter Creator is a free Windows tool to create eWriter eBooks. It is a HTML-to-EXE and eBook compiler. It allows you to
package a complete HTML application into an independent and executable app.
Download eWriter Creator
QtHelpConverter
QtHelpConverter takes a compiled CHM file and outputs Qt help (.qch). Qt is a cross-platform application framework for developing application software that can be run on various software and hardware platforms.
Download QtHelpConverter
Help+Manual 2 Go
Help+Manual 2 Go is a mini web server for redistribution. It serves any HTML page to the
local default webbrowser. The server works with the WebHelp systems of all major help authoring and documentation tools, including Help+Manual Webhelp.
Download Help+Manual 2 Go