Doxygen AlternativesDocumentation Generators and other similar apps like Doxygen

Doxygen is described as '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' and is a popular documentation generator in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Doxygen for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best Doxygen alternative is Quartz – Static Site Generator, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Doxygen are MkDocs, Sphinx, VitePress and Mintlify.

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  1. Quartz – Static Site Generator icon

    Quartz – Static Site Generator

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    Quartz is a set of tools that helps you publish your digital garden and notes as a website for free. Quartz v4 features a from-the-ground rewrite focusing on end-user extensibility and ease-of-use.

    22 Quartz – Static Site Generator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
    • npm
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    • Quartz – Static Site Generator is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Doxygen.

    • Quartz – Static Site Generator is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Doxygen.

    • Quartz – Static Site Generator is Free and Open SourceDoxygen is also Free and Open Source
    • Quartz – Static Site Generator is Privacy focused and LightweightDoxygen is not according to our users
  2. MkDocs icon

    MkDocs

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    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.

    69 MkDocs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
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  4. Sphinx icon

    Sphinx

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    Sphinx is a tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation, written by Georg Brandl and licensed under the BSD license.

    49 Sphinx alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Sphinx is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Doxygen.

    • Sphinx is Free and Open SourceDoxygen is also Free and Open Source
  6. Mintlify icon

    Mintlify

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    Documentation builder.

    45 Mintlify alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • npm
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    • Mintlify is the most popular Web-based alternative to Doxygen.

    • Mintlify is Freemium and ProprietaryDoxygen is Free and Open Source
  7. Document! X icon

    Document! X

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    Document! X is a combination of an automated documentation tool and a full authoring environment which can be used to create, publish and maintain accurate, professional quality documentation for .NET, Web Services, Databases, XSDs, Java ,Javascript.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • .NET Framework
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
    In combination with, or as an alternative to authoring content in source comments (.NET documentation illustrated here), create and maintain documentation content using the Document! X Content File Editor.
     

    • Document! X is the most popular commercial alternative to Doxygen.

    • Document! X is Paid and ProprietaryDoxygen is Free and Open Source
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    Presidium

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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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • GitHub Pages
     
  10. DoxyS icon

    DoxyS

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. DocFX icon

    DocFX

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    DocFX generates Documentation directly from source code (.NET, RESTful API, JavaScript, Java, etc...) and Markdown files.

    36 DocFX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. Doc-O-Matic icon

    Doc-O-Matic

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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...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
    HTML output
     

  13. GhostDoc

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    Simplify your XML Comments! GhostDoc is a Visual Studio extension that automatically generates XML documentation comments for methods and properties based on their type, parameters, name, and other contextual information.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • C++
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
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  14. Daux.io icon

    Daux.io

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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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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