CppDoc AlternativesDocumentation Generators and other similar apps like CppDoc

CppDoc is described as 'Generates HTML documentation for C++ classes, based on your source code and special comments embedded within it. It can produce output that is very similar to the output of Javadoc, and it supports Javadoc tags such as @see, @return , etc' and is a documentation generator in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to CppDoc for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and .NET Framework apps. The best CppDoc alternative is Doxygen, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CppDoc are Slate API Docs Generator, Sandcastle, phpDocumentor 2 and NDoc.

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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.

    35 Doxygen alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku

    Doxygen VS CppDoc

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

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

    • Doxygen is Free and Open SourceCppDoc is also Free and Open Source
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    Create beautiful, intelligent, responsive API documentation.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Slate API Docs Generator VS CppDoc

     
    • Slate API Docs Generator is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to CppDoc.

    • Slate API Docs Generator is Free and Open SourceCppDoc is also Free and Open Source
  3. Sandcastle icon
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    Sandcastle produces accurate, MSDN style, comprehensive documentation by reflecting over the source assemblies and optionally integrating XML Documentation Comments. Sandcastle has the following key features:

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • .NET Framework
    Discontinued

    Sandcastle is discontinued.

    Sandcastle Features

    1.  NET Framework

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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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    phpDocumentor 2 VS CppDoc

     
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    NDoc generates class library documentation from .NET assemblies and the XML documentation files generated by the C# compiler (or with an add-on tool for VB.NET).

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • .NET Framework

    NDoc Features

    1.  NET Framework

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  6. DoxyS icon
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    DoxyS is a code documentation tool for C++/C. DoxyS strives to yield a very professional looking output, presenting the the code in a structured easy to navigate set of HTML pages. Easy to use: Just navigate to the root of your code directory and type doxys.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    DoxyS Features

    1.  Wiki

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  7. Natural Docs icon
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    Natural Docs is an open-source documentation generator for multiple programming languages. You document your code in a natural syntax that reads like plain English. Natural Docs then scans your code and builds high-quality HTML documentation from it.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Perl

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    Javadoc is a tool from Sun Microsystems for generating API documentation in HTML format from doc comments in source code.

    17 Javadoc alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

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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:

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Lua

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    Asciidoclet is a Javadoc Doclet based on Asciidoctor that lets you write Javadoc in the AsciiDoc syntax.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Asciidoclet Features

    1.  AsciiDoc

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  11. LuaDoc icon
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    Documentation Generator Tool for the Lua language.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Discontinued

    From GitHub repo: "LuaDoc is obsolete, use LDoc instead"

    LuaDoc VS CppDoc

     
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    Doc-O-Matic is a software source code documentation and Help authoring tool. It takes source code and comments, adds conceptual topics and external input and produces documentation from it. With its single-source approach it generates many different kinds of output from a single...

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Visual Studio

    Doc-O-Matic Features

    1.  C++

    Doc-O-Matic VS CppDoc

     
    • Doc-O-Matic is the most popular commercial alternative to CppDoc.

    • Doc-O-Matic is Paid and ProprietaryCppDoc is Free and Open Source
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