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Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Doxygen

MkDocs GitBook Docusaurus DocFX Natural Docs Daux.io swagger.io Sandcastle JSDoc Compodoc

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Doxygen are MkDocs, GitBook, and Docusaurus. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. 1
    Project documentation with Markdown.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Documentation #Documentation As A Service & Tools #Knowledge Base 2 social mentions

  2. Modern Publishing, Simply taking your books from ideas to finished, polished books.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Documentation #Documentation As A Service & Tools #Knowledge Management 2 social mentions

  3. Easy to maintain open source documentation websites
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Documentation #Documentation As A Service & Tools #Static Site Generators 192 social mentions

  4. 4
    A documentation generation tool for API reference and Markdown files!
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Documentation #Documentation As A Service & Tools #Knowledge Base 7 social mentions

  5. Natural Docs is an open-source documentation generator for multiple programming languages.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Documentation #Knowledge Base #Documentation As A Service & Tools

  6. Daux.io is a documentation generator that uses a simple folder structure and Markdown files to...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Documentation #Documentation As A Service & Tools #Knowledge Base

  7. Swagger is an open source RESTapi Documentation Tool.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #API Tools #APIs #Documentation 81 social mentions

  8. Sandcastle produces accurate, MSDN style, comprehensive documentation by reflecting over the source...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Documentation #Knowledge Base #Documentation As A Service & Tools

  9. 9
    An API documentation generator for JavaScript.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Documentation #Documentation As A Service & Tools #Developer Tools 48 social mentions

  10. The missing documentation tool for your Angular application
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Documentation #Documentation As A Service & Tools #Knowledge Base 10 social mentions

  11. 11
    A documentation generator for TypeScript projects
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Documentation #Documentation As A Service & Tools #Knowledge Base 13 social mentions

  12. A magical documentation site generator.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Documentation #Documentation As A Service & Tools #Knowledge Base 17 social mentions

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