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% |