What are the best open-source documentation generators for C/C++?

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Doxygen
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Natural Docs

.NET application, supports 20 languages. Needs Mono on Linux / Mac.

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The output is in natural language

Natural Docs outputs documentation written in natural language which reads very similar to plain English.

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Does not parse all the folders in the project

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No C++ full syntax parsing

Does not support full syntax parsing of C++.

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Supports only HTML

The documentation can only be generated in HTML format.

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