appledoc vs jazzy

appledoc

Objective-c code Apple style documentation set generator. (by tomaz)

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gentlebytes.com

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jazzy

Soulful docs for Swift & Objective-C (by realm)

Documentation Swift Sourcekit Sourcekitten Ruby Xcode

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realm.io

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appledoc		jazzy
	Project
-	Mentions	4
4,191	Stars	7,317
-	Growth	0.1%
0.0	Activity	7.2
about 1 year ago	Latest Commit	about 2 months ago
Objective-C	Language	Ruby
-	License	MIT License

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appledoc

Posts with mentions or reviews of appledoc. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

jazzy

Posts with mentions or reviews of jazzy. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-04.

What’s the best way to document code?
1 project | /r/iOSProgramming | 12 Mar 2022
How can I get access to the Definition Source Code (like Jump to Definition) outside Xcode
1 project | /r/iOSProgramming | 3 Mar 2022

You can put a link in your method/function documentation using markdown so when you click to see the info you can click the link and open a web page or where your source definition is. And you can create that info with a framework/library named jazzy. https://github.com/realm/jazzy
Swift: Deconstruct SPF: Documentation
3 projects | dev.to | 4 Jun 2021

Jazzy
Swift classes diagram
3 projects | /r/swift | 13 May 2021

There is no native functionality in Xcode for that. In the past I used Doxygen on Objective-C, but it does not support Swift. Looking at Jazzy, it does not seem to have that feature, but maybe it's hidden in some option.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing appledoc and jazzy you can also consider the following projects:

FBSimulatorControl - idb is a flexible command line interface for automating iOS simulators and devices

swift-doc - A documentation generator for Swift projects

Realm Browser - DEPRECATED - Realm Browser for Mac OS X has been replaced by realm-studio which is cross platform.

swiftdoc-parser

fastlane-plugin-appicon - Generate required icon sizes and iconset from a master application icon.

SourceDocs - Generate Markdown documentation from source code

infer - A static analyzer for Java, C, C++, and Objective-C

SwiftGen - The Swift code generator for your assets, storyboards, Localizable.strings, … — Get rid of all String-based APIs!

SwiftCompilationPerformanceReporter - Generate automated reports for slow Swift compilation paths in specific targets

XcodeGen - A Swift command line tool for generating your Xcode project

XcodesApp - The easiest way to install and switch between multiple versions of Xcode - with a mouse click.

swift-auto-diagram - A Ruby script that scans all swift code from the specified folders and files and automatically generates an entity diagram (similar to a class diagram) which can be viewed in a browser.