Codex AlternativesDocumentation Generators and other similar apps like Codex

Codex is described as 'Simple file-based Markdown documentation platform built on top of Laravel. It's completely customizable and dead simple to use to create beautiful documentation' and is a documentation generator in the development category. There are nine alternatives to Codex for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Self-Hosted and BSD apps. The best Codex alternative is Doxygen, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Codex are Raneto, Presidium, Slate API Docs Generator and Daux.io.

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  1. Doxygen icon
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    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.

    36 Doxygen alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
     
    • Doxygen is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Codex.

    • Doxygen is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Codex.

    • Doxygen is Free and Open SourceCodex is also Free and Open Source
  2. Raneto icon
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    Raneto is an open source Knowledgebase platform that uses static Markdown files to power your Knowledgebase.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
     
    • Raneto is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Codex.

    • Raneto is Free and Open SourceCodex is also Free and Open Source
  3. Presidium icon
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    Presidium is a software documentation management system for agile teams, and their users, made from commonly used open source components.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • GitHub Pages
     
  4. Daux.io icon
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    Daux.io is a documentation generator that uses a simple folder structure and Markdown files to create custom documentation on the fly. It helps you create great looking documentation in a developer friendly way.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
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    PHP documentation generator based on docblock parsing.

    phpDocumentor 2, result of the merge between the old phpDocumentor and DocBlox , sometimes referred to as phpdoc or phpdocu, is the current standard auto-documentation tool for the php la.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6.  Like
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    LDoc is Lua documentation generator intended to be compatible with LuaDoc and thus follows the pattern set by the various Doc tools:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Lua
     
  7. LuaDoc icon
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    Documentation Generator Tool for the Lua language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. ApiNotes icon
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    The API documentation tool that creates interactive REST API documentation and developer portals in minutes. Auto-generate from OpenAPI & Swagger specs—no coding required.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • ApiNotes is the most popular Web-based alternative to Codex.

    • ApiNotes is Freemium and ProprietaryCodex is Free and Open Source
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