Retype Alternatives

Apps similar to Retype include BookStack, which is free and open source. Other options are GitBook, Docusaurus, MkDocs and Zensical. There's no shortage of Documentation Generators like Retype, with more than 50 alternatives for self-hosting, Linux, the web, Mac and Windows.

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  1. KiloDoc icon
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    Create, share, and print vibrant docs without the headache of formatting text — for everything from notes to massive user manuals.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  2. Orchid icon
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    Orchid is a general-purpose static site generator with a focus on extensibility, and aimed at developers looking to improve their technical documentation. Orchid was born out of a desire for better-looking Javadocs and frustration with how difficult is it to manage large Jekyll...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  3. ReadMe icon
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    ReadMe is a completely customizable and collaborative place for dynamic API and/or product documentation. Users can play around with the API right in the docs, automatically generated from a Swagger / OAS file. It also works as a knowledge base platform.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  4. Just the Docs is a responsive Jekyll theme with built-in search that is easily customizable and hosted on GitHub Pages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Jekyll
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  5. Jigsaw is a framework for rapidly building static sites using the same modern tooling that powers your web applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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  6. hexo-theme-doc is a documentation theme for Hexo, the fast and powerful blog framework powered by Node.js. It differs from other Hexo themes by allowing you to present documentation—especially REST API documentation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • npm
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  7. Moxie Docs icon
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    Moxie Docs is an automatic documentation platform that keeps docs in sync with your codebase - generating pages, detecting drift, and opening GitHub PRs when code changes, plus an MCP server so AI coding agents get accurate context.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • GitHub
    • GitHub Marketplace
    • Slack
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  8. Cortex Docs icon
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    Generate typed SDKs from OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, GraphQL, gRPC, and OpenRPC—plus interactive docs and MCP servers enriched with custom Markdown.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  9. nextra icon
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    Simple, powerful and flexible site generation framework with everything you love from Next.js.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
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