BookStack is a free and open source knowledge management platform built on PHP. The system has been built around simplicity to ensure that adding information to it is not a chore. The content structure is built on the metaphors of Books, Chapters & Pages.
- Team Collaboration Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- PHP
- Cloudron
+18DevDocs combines multiple developer documentations in a clean and organized web UI with instant search, offline support, mobile version, dark theme, keyboard shortcuts, and more.
- Documentation Browser
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Google Chrome
+7GitBook is a tool for building beautiful books using Git and Markdown. It can generate your book into multiple formats:
- Documentation Generator
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Online
+1Docusaurus is a project for easily building, deploying, and maintaining open source project websites.
- Documentation Generator
- Free • Open Source
- Self-Hosted
Knowledge base software, reimagined with AI. Create, publish and maintain sophisticated documentation that delivers a brand impression.
- Documentation Generator
- Paid • Proprietary
- Online
- Microsoft Edge
- Google Chrome
- Safari
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Firefox
Hyperbook is a quick and easy way to build interactive workbooks, that support modern standards and run superfast. It works by compiling markdown to static pages.
- Documentation Generator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Visual Studio Code
Modern documentation tool to create and manage online user manuals, user guides, knowledge bases, instructions, and tutorials.
- Documentation Generator
- Free • Proprietary
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Doxygen is a tool for generating documentation from annotated C++ sources, as well as other popular programming languages like C, Objective-C, C#, PHP, Java, Python, IDL (CORBA, Microsoft, and UNO/OpenOffice flavors), Fortran, VHDL, Tcl, and to some extent D.
- Documentation Generator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Haiku
Simple, powerful, and fast. Meet the modern SSG framework you've always wanted.
- Documentation Generator
- Free • Open Source
- Self-Hosted
- Node.JS
- npm
MkDocs is static site generator that's geared towards building project documentation. Documentation source files are written in Markdown, and configured with a single YAML configuration file.
- Documentation Generator
- Free • Open Source
- Self-Hosted
- Python
Multilingual documentation reduces doc time by 60%. Enables collaborative editing, searchable repository, and real-time updates with version control.
- Team Collaboration Tool
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Online
+1The most powerful development environment – now adapted for writing documentation.
- Documentation Generator
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
- Linux
- Mac
Sphinx is a tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation, written by Georg Brandl and licensed under the BSD license.
- Documentation Generator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Python
- Self-Hosted
The fastest tool for creating step-by-step guides. A desktop tool to capture steps with every click of the mouse, customize screenshots, create annotations, and generate the final guide in HTML, .doc, PDF, and more.
- Screen Recorder
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
+1A documentation generator that builds HTML output based on Markdown files. Supports Markdown specs and offers a wide set of custom components using Markdown-like syntax. Builds Reference Source documentation for .NET projects (more added soon).
- Documentation Generator
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted