Docutils is described as 'Open-source text processing system for processing plaintext documentation into useful formats, such as HTML, LaTeX, man-pages, open-document or XML. It includes reStructuredText, the easy to read, easy to use, what-you-see-is-what-you-get plaintext markup language' and is a Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Docutils for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Web-based, Windows and Self-Hosted apps. The best Docutils alternative is Pandoc, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Docutils are Sphinx, Textile, txt2tags and Asciidoctor.