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hdoc		doxygen
	Project
13	Mentions	1
290	Stars	5,384
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	9.9
about 1 month ago	Latest Commit	4 days ago
C++	Language	C++
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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hdoc

Posts with mentions or reviews of hdoc. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-23.

hdoc: the modern C++ documentation tool
1 project | /r/u_TsukiZombina | 23 Feb 2023
C++ | Modern documentation tools
3 projects | /r/cpp | 23 Feb 2023

You might want to check out https://hdoc.io/
Transitioning from Java to C++
4 projects | /r/codereview | 15 Dec 2022

Look into doxygen and hdoc
hdoc — the modern documentation tool for C++ — has released version 1.3.1
1 project | /r/cpp | 1 Oct 2022

hdoc looks neat. The compile_commands.json integration is great (though I had a hiccup with precompiled headers).
hdoc (the modern documentation tool for C++) now integrates with GitHub CI
1 project | /r/cpp | 26 May 2022

hdoc is an open source tool so feel free to check out the source on our GitHub repo. If you’d like the support the development of hdoc please encourage your employer to purchase a subscription to hdoc for increased hosting limits and more support.
Bring your C++ documentation into the 21st century with hdoc: the modern documentation tool for C++.
1 project | /r/u_hdoc-io | 5 Nov 2021
Documentation Tools for C++ Libraries
2 projects | /r/cpp | 6 Jul 2021

Shameless plug: hdoc also exists in this space.
hdoc 1.1.0 released - improved linking and other new features for the modern C++ documentation tool
2 projects | /r/cpp | 23 Jun 2021

Thank you, this issue has been fixed. We missed moving the unit-tests directory over when making the public release.
hdoc, the modern documentation tool for C++, is now open source
6 projects | /r/cpp | 22 Mar 2021

If you choose to use our hosting service, hdoc must upload the documentation to our CDN for hosting. This is done via HTTPS, hence the OpenSSL dependency. Here's the relevant code, see the verify() function and uploadDocs() function therein.

doxygen

Posts with mentions or reviews of doxygen. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-16.

What is the best way to document classes?
4 projects | /r/csharp | 16 Apr 2023

Then use a program (such as docgen) to generate documentation from that.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing hdoc and doxygen you can also consider the following projects:

doxypress - Documentation generator using annotated sources for multiple computer languages

ConsoleMenuSystem

llvm-project - LLVM with support for the hdoc documentation tool. [Moved to: https://github.com/hdoc/llvm-project]

Sandcastle - Sandcastle Help File Builder (SHFB). A standalone GUI, Visual Studio integration package, and MSBuild tasks providing full configuration and extensibility for building help files with the Sandcastle tools.

standardese - A (work-in-progress) nextgen Doxygen for C++

smtp-client - SMTP Client Library in C

synth - Semantic syntax highlighting and hyperlinking of C/C++ source code with libclang. (Demo: https://oberon00.github.io/synth)

conan - Conan - The open-source C and C++ package manager

Catch - A modern, C++-native, test framework for unit-tests, TDD and BDD - using C++14, C++17 and later (C++11 support is in v2.x branch, and C++03 on the Catch1.x branch)