documentation-tool

Open-source projects categorized as documentation-tool
Edit details
Language: + JavaScript + TypeScript + Go + Ruby + Python + PHP + Rust + C++ + HTML + Jupyter Notebook
Topics: Documentation documentation-generator Markdown Docs HacktoberFest
Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale
Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
www.influxdata.com
Sponsored

Top 23 documentation-tool Open-Source Projects

  • Hugo

    The world’s fastest framework for building websites.

    • Project mention: Creating excerpts in Astro | dev.to | 2024-03-14

    This blog is running on Hugo. It had previously been running on Jekyll. Both these SSGs ship with the ability to create excerpts from your markdown content in 1 line or thereabouts.

  • devdocs

    API Documentation Browser

    • Project mention: Every Dunder Method in Python | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-03

    > I've started to preface all python searches with 'site:python.org'

    You might find DevDocs to be useful: https://devdocs.io/

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

    SurveyJS logo

  • docsify

    🃏 A magical documentation site generator.

    • Project mention: Alternatives to Docusaurus for product documentation | dev.to | 2024-04-04

    Docsify is frequently updated; the latest release was on June 24, 2023, and the most recent update was on December 17, 2023. It is MIT-licensed and has an active Discord community.

  • redoc

    📘 OpenAPI/Swagger-generated API Reference Documentation

    • Project mention: Best Software Documentation Tools | dev.to | 2024-02-05

    ReDoc Interactive Demo

  • eleventy 🕚⚡️

    A simpler site generator. Transforms a directory of templates (of varying types) into HTML.

    • Project mention: Converting BlogCFC blog to Eleventy | dev.to | 2024-04-17

    This post outlines the steps for migrating an existing BlogCFC blog to a JamStack, with a focus on using Eleventy.

  • Gollum

    A simple, Git-powered wiki with a local frontend and support for many kinds of markup and content.

    • Project mention: Can Git or any other VCS be used as a database instead of SQL/NoSQL ones? Have you ever seen such a thing? | /r/AskProgramming | 2023-12-07

    Arguably something like ikiwiki or gollum is doing this. These are both wikis that use git as their backend 'database'. I happen to like wikis like this a lot better over wikis that store their data in mysql or some other traditional SQL backend.

  • gutenberg

    A fast static site generator in a single binary with everything built-in. https://www.getzola.org

    • Project mention: Replatforming from Gatsby to Zola! | dev.to | 2024-04-02

    So after shopping around a bit I found a simple, dependency-less static site generator called Zola. The lack of dependencies sounded very attractive after all the headaches trying to update my Gatsby modules. I wanted to give Zola a try and see what tradeoffs I would need to make coming form a React-based framework to this Rust-based generator.

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

    InfluxDB logo

  • zeal

    Offline documentation browser inspired by Dash

    • Project mention: DevDocs | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-12

    There's also Zeal (https://zealdocs.org/) which is basically the same as Dash but open source and runs on non-Mac devices.

  • hugo-blox-builder

    😍 EASILY BUILD THE WEBSITE YOU WANT - NO CODE, JUST MARKDOWN BLOCKS! 使用块轻松创建任何类型的网站 - 无需代码。 一个应用程序，没有依赖项，没有 JS

  • sphinx

    The Sphinx documentation generator

    • Project mention: 5 Best Static Site Generators in Python | dev.to | 2023-11-24

    Sphinx is primarily known as a documentation generator, but it can also be used to create static websites. It excels in generating technical documentation, and its support for multiple output formats, including HTML and PDF, makes it a versatile tool. Sphinx uses reStructuredText for content creation and is highly extensible through plugins.

  • documentation.js

    :book: documentation for modern JavaScript

  • The-Documentation-Compendium

    📢 Various README templates & tips on writing high-quality documentation that people want to read.

    • Project mention: 5 coding habits you need to stop! | dev.to | 2023-05-24

    The Documentation Compendium

  • nbdev

    Create delightful software with Jupyter Notebooks

    • Project mention: The Jupyter+Git problem is now solved | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-07-19

  • compodoc

    :notebook_with_decorative_cover: The missing documentation tool for your Angular, Nest & Stencil application

  • Behat

    BDD in PHP

  • BoostNote-App

    Boost Note is a document driven project management tool that maximizes remote DevOps team velocity.

    • Project mention: Created a versus list for Note Taking Apps (last tab). What do you guys think? Did I miss anything? | /r/UpNote_App | 2023-07-04

  • tbls

    tbls is a CI-Friendly tool for document a database, written in Go.

    • Project mention: FLaNK 25 December 2023 | dev.to | 2023-12-26

  • codecrumbs

    Learn, design or document codebase by putting breadcrumbs in source code. Live updates, multi-language support and more.

  • protoc-gen-doc

    Documentation generator plugin for Google Protocol Buffers

    • Project mention: Embedded communication protocols doc gen | /r/embedded | 2023-05-20

  • Documize

    Modern Confluence alternative designed for internal & external docs, built with Go + EmberJS (by documize)

    • Project mention: Looking for collaboration platform (preferably open source, alternative to Confluence) | /r/selfhosted | 2023-05-06

    You could try Documize https://github.com/documize/community

  • pdoc

    API Documentation for Python Projects

    • Project mention: How to Write Impeccably Clean Code That Will Save Your Sanity | dev.to | 2023-07-27

    You can also use doc-strings to generate automated documentation for your code using a library like pdoc. Consider the following example from Stack-Scraper and the corresponding documentation generated using pdoc library.

  • graphdoc

    Static page generator for documenting GraphQL Schema

  • awesome-magento2

    Curated list of awesome Magento 2 Extensions, Resources and other Highlights

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

    WorkOS logo
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).

documentation-tool related posts

Index

What are some of the best open-source documentation-tool projects? This list will help you:

Project Stars
1 Hugo 72,452
2 devdocs 33,858
3 docsify 26,611
4 redoc 22,462
5 eleventy 🕚⚡️ 16,213
6 Gollum 13,559
7 gutenberg 12,673
8 zeal 11,052
9 hugo-blox-builder 7,787
10 sphinx 6,032
11 documentation.js 5,761
12 The-Documentation-Compendium 5,434
13 nbdev 4,740
14 compodoc 3,952
15 Behat 3,880
16 BoostNote-App 3,633
17 tbls 3,068
18 codecrumbs 2,687
19 protoc-gen-doc 2,556
20 Documize 2,065
21 pdoc 1,813
22 graphdoc 1,547
23 awesome-magento2 1,103

Sponsored
The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS
The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
workos.com