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 16,059 companies using these products.
| Product |
Install base
# of companies we found using this product |
Market Share |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe RoboHelp | 5,370 | 33% |
| Madcap | 4,444 | 27% |
| Madcap Flare | 4,029 | 25% |
| MkDocs | 968 | 6% |
| Paligo | 451 | < 5% |
| Web Manuals | 265 | < 5% |
| WebWorks ePublisher | 214 | < 5% |
| Anark | 90 | < 5% |
| HelpNDoc | 85 | < 5% |
| Cortona3D | 62 | < 5% |
| easyDITA | 59 | < 5% |
| Dr.Explain | 22 | < 5% |