Orchid is a general-purpose static site generator with a focus on extensibility, and aimed at developers looking to improve their technical documentation. Orchid was born out of a desire for better-looking Javadocs and frustration with how difficult is it to manage large Jekyll...
ReadMe is a completely customizable and collaborative place for dynamic API and/or product documentation. Users can play around with the API right in the docs, automatically generated from a Swagger / OAS file. It also works as a knowledge base platform.


Docpress generates websites from your project's basic documentation; that is, at the very least, a README.md file. It also supports multiple Markdown pages in docs/.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Linux
- JavaScript
- Node.JS
- npm
Instructio allows you to create clear and beautiful step-by-step guides in minutes. You can use the editor to manually create and customize guides by adding images and videos, fonts and design styles. But you can also automate the process of creating instructions using an...
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Online



Static website generator designed for documentation. Couscous turns Markdown documentation into beautiful websites. It's GitHub Pages on steroids.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Self-Hosted


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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- npm



Docma is a powerful tool to easily generate beautiful HTML documentation from Javascript (JSDoc), Markdown and HTML files.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted


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aglio - An API Blueprint renderer that supports multiple themes and outputs static HTML that can be served by any web host. API Blueprint is a Markdown-based document format that lets you write API descriptions and documentation in a simple and straightforward way.


Jigsaw is a framework for rapidly building static sites using the same modern tooling that powers your web applications.


Rapid documentation tool to blow you away.
Docnado makes it easy to start and maintain a Markdown documentation project. Store your own data your own way.

AI-powered platform for creating knowledge bases and documentation, with customizable themes, real-time team collaboration, version control, and multi-language support for internal and external use.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Online


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CppDoc generates HTML documentation for C++ classes, based on your source code and special comments embedded within it. It can produce output that is very similar to the output of Javadoc, and it supports Javadoc tags such as @see, @return , etc.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux

Simplify your XML Comments! GhostDoc is a Visual Studio extension that automatically generates XML documentation comments for methods and properties based on their type, parameters, name, and other contextual information.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- C++
- Microsoft Visual Studio

Javadoc is a tool from Sun Microsystems for generating API documentation in HTML format from doc comments in source code.


A free and open-source documentation builder and hosting tool. Easily build multi-version, multi-paged documentations for free. Make use of the inbuilt blog space to update about your library and tool your users.


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Create, websites, blogs, documentation sites, and more, with the power of Laravel and the simplicity of Markdown. Your next website is minutes away from becoming a reality.

Bump.sh helps you build a branded single source of truth, cataloging all your APIs. We’ve created the reference point for developers and product managers consuming and building APIs, no matter which technology they rely on (OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, and more soon).
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Software as a Service (SaaS)


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Turn your boring API docs into an interactive playground
Hello API lets you create a public, interactive playground for your API in minutes. Easily add endpoints, publish the collection, and share the link so users can explore and test your API directly from their browser.



Fluency is the process excellence platform that makes automation accessible to everyone in a business, without code.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Online

Doctave lets you use docs-as-code without having to manage complicated tooling or infrastructure. Write your docs in Git, and Doctave will automatically publish your documentation site when you commit your changes.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Online
- Rust
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Homebrew


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Nikola is a static website and blog generator. Its original goal is to create blogs, but it supports most kind of sites and can be used as a CMS, as long as what you present to the user is your own content instead of something the user generates.

Linrock Capito is a Windows application designed to make the task of building and communicating ‘how to’ information much less painful and much faster.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
































































