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Documentation Generators

Tools for generating and managing documentation from source files (e.g. reStructuredText, Markdown) into modern documentation websites.

125 projects

183,486 contributors

$1.8B

GraphQL Foundation

GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime for fulfilling those queries with your existing data. GraphQL provides a complete and understandable description of the data in your API, gives clients the power to ask for exactly what they need and nothing more, makes it easier to evolve APIs over time, and enables powerful developer tools.

Contributors

12,695

Organizations

2,950

Software value

$16M

n8n

n8n is an open-source workflow automation platform that enables users to connect different services and applications through a visual workflow editor. It allows for the creation of automated workflows by connecting nodes representing various services, APIs, and data sources, with support for both cloud-hosted and self-hosted deployments.

Contributors

10,166

Organizations

1,312

Software value

$84M

NumPy

NumPy is a Python library for numerical computing, providing support for multi-dimensional arrays, mathematical functions, and efficient operations on large datasets.

Contributors

10,129

Organizations

2,271

Software value

$24M

Zigbee Herdsman Converters

A library that provides device support and converters for Zigbee devices to work with the zigbee-herdsman library, enabling integration of various Zigbee devices into home automation systems

Contributors

9,408

Organizations

760

Software value

$6.7M

Dart

Dart is a client-optimized programming language developed by Google for building fast apps on multiple platforms. It compiles to native code for mobile and desktop, and to JavaScript for the web.

Contributors

7,903

Organizations

1,533

Software value

$209M

QGIS

QGIS is a free and open-source geographic information system (GIS) software that allows users to create, edit, visualize, analyze and publish geospatial information. It supports numerous vector and raster formats, databases, and provides extensive mapping and spatial analysis capabilities.

Contributors

7,741

Organizations

751

Software value

$439M

NestJS

NestJS is a progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, reliable and scalable server-side applications. It uses modern JavaScript/TypeScript and combines elements of OOP (Object Oriented Programming), FP (Functional Programming), and FRP (Functional Reactive Programming), while being heavily inspired by Angular's architecture.

Contributors

7,717

Organizations

1,905

Software value

$3.6M

Vue.js core

Vue.js is a progressive JavaScript framework for building user interfaces. It features a component-based architecture, reactive data binding, and an incrementally adoptable ecosystem that scales between a library and a full-featured framework.

Contributors

7,489

Organizations

1,421

Software value

$4.7M

Babel

Babel is a compiler for writing next-generation JavaScript.

Contributors

7,124

Organizations

2,515

Software value

$28M

jQuery

jQuery is a fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library. It makes things like HTML document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation, and Ajax much simpler with an easy-to-use API that works across a multitude of browsers.

Contributors

5,964

Organizations

1,925

Software value

$197M

Docusaurus

Docusaurus is an open-source website building tool that enables teams to create, maintain and deploy documentation websites. It provides features for versioning, search, internationalization, and customizable themes while using Markdown and React for content creation.

Contributors

5,743

Organizations

1,699

Software value

$14M

DuckDB

DuckDB is an embeddable SQL OLAP database management system that runs queries directly on raw data files. It provides fast analytical query processing while maintaining ACID properties, and can be embedded within larger applications or used as a standalone database.

Contributors

5,456

Organizations

1,228

Software value

$70M

Kong

Kong is an open-source API gateway and microservices management layer that acts as a middleware between clients and services. It provides features like authentication, rate limiting, transformations, and logging while handling API traffic.

Contributors

5,311

Organizations

1,268

Software value

$14M

Appwrite

Appwrite is an open-source backend server that provides developers with a set of tools and APIs to build modern applications. It offers features like authentication, databases, storage, functions, and realtime subscriptions while prioritizing security and self-hosting capabilities.

Contributors

4,986

Organizations

952

Software value

$71M

Sphinx

Sphinx is a documentation generator that converts reStructuredText files into HTML websites and other formats. It was originally created for Python documentation and has since become a widely used tool for creating software documentation across many programming languages.

Contributors

4,513

Organizations

1,551

Software value

$7.5M

Read the Docs

Read the Docs is a documentation hosting platform that automates building, versioning, and hosting software documentation. It supports multiple documentation formats, integrates with version control systems, and provides features like versioning, search, and custom domains.

Contributors

4,314

Organizations

1,906

Software value

$5.4M

Quarto

Quarto is an open-source scientific and technical publishing system built on Pandoc that allows users to create dynamic content with Python, R, Julia, and Observable. It enables the creation of articles, presentations, websites, blogs, and books in HTML, PDF, MS Word, ePub, and other formats from a single source document.

Contributors

4,152

Organizations

916

Software value

$45M

PostHog

PostHog is an open-source product analytics platform that helps teams understand user behavior. It provides features for tracking events, analyzing user flows, creating funnels, conducting A/B tests, and managing feature flags, all while allowing companies to maintain control of their data.

Contributors

3,591

Organizations

849

Software value

$95M

EMQX

EMQX is an open-source, highly scalable, distributed MQTT broker and IoT messaging platform designed for handling millions of concurrent IoT device connections. It provides real-time message routing, streaming data processing, and supports multiple protocols including MQTT, CoAP, and WebSocket.

Contributors

3,321

Organizations

472

Software value

$20M

VitePress

Vite & Vue powered static site generator.

Contributors

2,931

Organizations

807

Software value

$2.1M

MkDocs

Project documentation with Markdown.

Contributors

2,848

Organizations

998

Software value

$1.2M

API Platform Core

API Platform Core is a PHP framework for building hypermedia and GraphQL APIs. It allows developers to create modern, web APIs by automatically exposing entities as REST or GraphQL endpoints, with features like JSON-LD/Hydra support, content negotiation, validation, pagination, and filtering.

Contributors

2,702

Organizations

588

Software value

$6.9M

GitBook

The open source frontend for GitBook doc sites

Contributors

2,562

Organizations

990

Software value

$4.3M

October CMS

Self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework.

Contributors

2,535

Organizations

387

Software value

$20M

TypeDoc

TypeDoc is a documentation generator for TypeScript projects that converts comments in source code into rendered HTML documentation. It extends JSDoc's functionality with support for TypeScript-specific features.

Contributors

2,392

Organizations

907

Software value

$3.9M

Doxygen

Doxygen is a documentation generator tool that automatically produces software documentation from annotated source code. It extracts documentation from source code comments and creates reference documentation, class hierarchies, collaboration diagrams, and dependency graphs.

Contributors

2,368

Organizations

543

Software value

$21M

Qt Base

Qt Base is a core component of the Qt framework, providing essential functionality for cross-platform application development. It includes fundamental classes and modules for GUI programming, networking, file I/O, and platform abstraction, serving as the foundation for Qt-based software development.

Contributors

2,359

Organizations

204

Software value

$195M

Statamic CMS

Statamic is a flat-file content management system (CMS) built on Laravel that provides a modern, flexible approach to building websites. It offers dynamic content management without requiring a traditional database, using files and folders for content storage.

Contributors

2,302

Organizations

356

Software value

$14M

Eleventy

Eleventy is a simpler static site generator that transforms a directory of templates into HTML. It is a JavaScript alternative to Jekyll that supports multiple template languages and has zero client-side JavaScript requirements.

Contributors

2,226

Organizations

708

Software value

$1.3M

JSDoc

An API documentation generator for JavaScript.

Contributors

2,114

Organizations

824

Software value

$931K

Nextra

Simple, powerful and flexible site generation framework with everything you love from Next.js.

Contributors

2,009

Organizations

599

Software value

$1.6M

mdBook

mdBook is a command-line tool and Rust library for creating modern online books from Markdown files, similar to GitBook. It supports features like search, theming, preprocessors, and custom renderers.

Contributors

1,889

Organizations

744

Software value

$801K

k6

A modern load testing tool, using Go and JavaScript - https://k6.io

Contributors

1,766

Organizations

447

Software value

$54M

phpDocumentor

Documentation Generator for PHP

Contributors

1,735

Organizations

549

Software value

$3M

WSO2 Identity Server

WSO2 Identity Server is an open-source identity and access management (IAM) solution that enables organizations to manage user identities, secure access to applications and APIs, and implement strong authentication and authorization. It provides features like single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication, identity federation, and compliance with security standards.

Contributors

1,718

Organizations

120

Software value

$20M

Asciidoctor

:gem: A fast, open source text processor and publishing toolchain, written in Ruby, for converting AsciiDoc content to HTML 5, DocBook 5, and other formats.

Contributors

1,688

Organizations

555

Software value

$2.2M

Jupyter Book

Jupyter Book is a subproject of Project Jupyter.

Contributors

1,585

Organizations

427

Software value

$8.8M

Compodoc

Compodoc is a documentation tool for Angular applications that automatically generates detailed documentation from TypeScript source code, including components, modules, routes, directives, pipes, and classes. It creates a static website with searchable documentation and interactive visualizations of the application architecture.

Contributors

1,549

Organizations

305

Software value

$2.3M

Quartz

Quartz is a static site generator and digital garden template that transforms Markdown files into a personal knowledge base or documentation website. It features bi-directional links, full-text search, graph visualization, and is designed for easy deployment to GitHub Pages.

Contributors

1,519

Organizations

340

Software value

$840K

Dokka

API documentation engine for Kotlin

Contributors

1,422

Organizations

391

Software value

$16M

MDX

MDX is a format and toolset that combines Markdown with JSX, allowing developers to seamlessly write JSX inside Markdown documents. It enables the use of React components within content-driven documents while maintaining the simplicity of Markdown syntax.

Contributors

1,178

Organizations

492

Software value

$598K

Apache Grails

Apache Grails is a web application framework that uses the Groovy programming language and runs on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). It follows the convention-over-configuration paradigm and is designed to increase developer productivity by providing features like scaffolding, Object-Relational Mapping (ORM), and dynamic reloading.

Contributors

1,080

Organizations

152

Software value

$18M

YARD

YARD is a Ruby Documentation tool. The Y stands for "Yay!"

Contributors

1,024

Organizations

484

Software value

$1.5M

bookdown

Dynamic Documents for R

Contributors

962

Organizations

231

Software value

$775K

VuePress

VuePress is a static site generator powered by Vue.js that specializes in creating documentation websites. It transforms Markdown files into static HTML pages with built-in features like search, theming, and Vue-powered customization.

Contributors

831

Organizations

250

Software value

$516K

DVC

🦉 Data Versioning and ML Experiments

Contributors

785

Organizations

178

Software value

$2.4M

Plone

Plone is an enterprise-grade open source content management system (CMS) built on Python. It provides a secure and flexible platform for building websites, intranets, and custom applications with features like workflow, fine-grained security, and customizable content types.

Contributors

767

Organizations

117

Software value

$1.7M

balena CLI

Open source software to manage connected IoT devices at scale

Contributors

644

Organizations

183

Software value

$3.7M

DITA Open Toolkit

DITA Open Toolkit — the open-source publishing engine for content authored in the Darwin Information Typing Architecture.

Contributors

611

Organizations

49

Software value

$10M

Sandpack

Sandpack is a component toolkit for creating live coding environments and interactive code playgrounds in web applications, allowing developers to embed runnable code examples with real-time preview and editing capabilities

Contributors

610

Organizations

168

Software value

$1.2M

DocSearch

:blue_book: The easiest way to add search to your documentation.

Contributors

589

Organizations

211

Software value

$796K

ReSpec

ReSpec is a tool for creating technical specifications and documentation in web standards format. It helps authors write technical documents by handling formatting, styling, references, and other common needs of technical specifications, particularly for W3C and similar standards organizations.

Contributors

496

Organizations

157

Software value

$1.3M

AsciidoctorJ

AsciidoctorJ is a Java integration library for Asciidoctor that enables conversion of AsciiDoc content to HTML5, DocBook and other formats through a Java API. It provides a native Java interface to process AsciiDoc content using Asciidoctor's core Ruby implementation.

Contributors

373

Organizations

149

Software value

$1M

odoc

Documentation compiler for OCaml and Reason

Contributors

273

Organizations

98

Software value

$3.9M

Griffe

Griffe is a Python library for static introspection of Python modules, designed to extract information about Python objects like functions, classes, and modules through AST analysis without executing the code. It serves as a foundation for documentation tools like mkdocstrings.

Contributors

236

Organizations

100

Software value

$969K

Apache Maven Javadoc Plugin

Apache Maven Javadoc Plugin

Contributors

210

Organizations

72

Software value

$758K

Smithy Kotlin

Smithy is a protocol-agnostic interface definition language and set of tools for generating clients, servers, and documentation for any programming language.

Contributors

97

Organizations

15

Software value

$12M

MyST-Parser

MyST-Parser is a Python library that enables parsing and conversion of MyST (Markedly Structured Text) - an extended markdown format that supports rich scientific and technical documentation. It allows authors to write content in markdown while supporting reStructuredText directives, roles, and other advanced documentation features.

Contributors

58

Organizations

25

Azure Documentation

Open source documentation of Microsoft Azure

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Carpentries Workshop Template

The Carpentries Workshop Template

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