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Top 6 C++ documentation-tool Projects
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Zeal (open source, free) is a free/libre/open source docset viewer that runs on Windows, Linux, and BSD. While it is possible to build Zeal for MacOS, the recommendation is to download Dash.
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hyde
A front-end to Jekyll that parses C++ sources to produce and enforce out-of-line documentation (by adobe)
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Doxide
Modern documentation for modern C++. Configure with YAML, output Markdown, post-process with Material for MkDocs.
NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source documentation-tool projects in C++? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | zeal | 12,653 |
| 2 | standardese | 969 |
| 3 | hyde | 340 |
| 4 | hdoc | 337 |
| 5 | doxypress | 162 |
| 6 | Doxide | 140 |
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