LDoc AlternativesDocumentation Generators and other similar apps like LDoc

LDoc is described as 'Is Lua documentation generator intended to be compatible with LuaDoc and thus follows the pattern set by the various Doc tools:' and is a documentation generator in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to LDoc for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted and Microsoft Visual Studio apps. The best LDoc alternative is VitePress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like LDoc are Doxygen, MkDocs, Sphinx and swagger.io.

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  1. VitePress icon
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    Simple, powerful, and fast. Meet the modern SSG framework you've always wanted.

    57 VitePress alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
    • npm
     
    • VitePress is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to LDoc.

    • VitePress is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to LDoc.

    • VitePress is Free and Open SourceLDoc is also Free and Open Source
  2. 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 LDoc.

    • Doxygen is Free and Open SourceLDoc is also Free and Open Source
  3. MkDocs icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
  4. Sphinx icon
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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
     
  5. swagger.io icon
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    Swagger is an open source RESTapi Documentation Tool.

    24 swagger.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Node.JS
     
    • swagger.io is the most popular Web-based alternative to LDoc.

    • swagger.io is Free and Open SourceLDoc is also Free and Open Source
  6. 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
     
  7. 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
     
  8. 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:

    16 Sandcastle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • .NET Framework
     
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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).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Document! X icon
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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
     
    • Document! X is the most popular commercial alternative to LDoc.

    • Document! X is Paid and ProprietaryLDoc is Free and Open Source
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