Couscous Alternatives

Couscous is described as 'Static website generator designed for documentation. Couscous turns Markdown documentation into beautiful websites. It's GitHub Pages on steroids' and is a documentation generator in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Couscous for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, Mac, Windows and Web-based apps. The best Couscous alternative is GitBook, which is free. Other great apps like Couscous are Docusaurus, Archivy, Code Hike and MkDocs.

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  1. MarkBind icon
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    A tool for generating static websites from Markdown-like syntax. Optimized for content-heavy instructional websites, e.g. course websites, tutorials, project/product documentation, textbooks. MarkBind source files can be as simple as basic Markdown, but you can also use a mix of...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Node.JS
     
  2. DocPad icon
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    DocPad is a dynamic static-site generator. That is a content management system that takes content from several sources, like files on your computer, and renders them into incredibly fast static output.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Orchid icon
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    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...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  4.  2 likes

    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/.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • JavaScript
    • Node.JS
    • npm
     
  5. Docnado icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
  6. Jigsaw is a framework for rapidly building static sites using the same modern tooling that powers your web applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  7. hexo-theme-doc is a documentation theme for Hexo, the fast and powerful blog framework powered by Node.js. It differs from other Hexo themes by allowing you to present documentation—especially REST API documentation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • npm
     
  8. Docute icon
     1 like

    Client-side documentation sites built with Markdown.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. documentation generator, from markdown files to a single html file (style, scripts, images, search engine embedded)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
     
  10. DocGen icon
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    DocGen is a static website generator that's ideal for making technical user guides (documentation) using markdown.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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