GitBook is a tool for building beautiful books using Git and Markdown. It can generate your book into multiple formats:
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Comments about GitBook as an Alternative to DocFX
- GitBook is Freemium and Proprietary
- GitBook is Lightweight
DocFX AlternativesDocumentation Generators and other similar apps like DocFX
DocFX is described as 'Generates Documentation directly from source code (.NET, RESTful API, JavaScript, Java, etc...) and Markdown files' and is a documentation generator in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to DocFX for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Self-Hosted and Node.JS apps. The best DocFX alternative is GitBook, which is free. Other great apps like DocFX are Archivy, Doxygen, MkDocs and Hyperbook.
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- 84 GitBook alternatives
56 Archivy alternativesA self-hosted knowledge repository that allows you to safely preserve useful content that contributes to your own personal, searchable and extensible wiki.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
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- Self-Hosted
- Python
- Nix Package Manager
- Docker
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36 Doxygen alternativesDoxygen 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.
69 MkDocs alternativesMkDocs 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.
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.
57 VitePress alternativesSimple, powerful, and fast. Meet the modern SSG framework you've always wanted.
49 Sphinx alternativesSphinx is a tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation, written by Georg Brandl and licensed under the BSD license.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Python
- Self-Hosted
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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- Online
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With Gramax, you can quickly create a beautiful documentation site for your product or company. It’s fast, free, and works within your infrastructure.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Self-Hosted
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52 Retype alternativesA 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).
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
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