Introducing
The Slant team built an AI & it’s awesome
Find the best product instantly
Add to Chrome
Add to Edge
Add to Firefox
Add to Opera
Add to Brave
Add to Safari
Try it now
4.7 star rating
0
Log in
•
Sign up
Add Question
Follow
Development
Utilities
Programming
What are the best documentation tools for frameworks?
4
Options
Considered
6
User
Recs.
Oct 8, 2017
Last
Updated
Related Questions
Activity
Here’s the Deal
Slant is powered by a community that helps you make informed decisions. Tell us what you’re passionate about to get your personalized feed and help others.
Let's go!
Have feedback or ideas?
Join our community
on Discord
Ad
4
Options
Considered
Best documentation tools for frameworks
Price
Platforms
License
--
Doxygen
-
Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
GPL v2
--
Sphinx
-
-
-
--
Apiary
-
-
-
--
Pandoc
0
-
-
See Full List
--
Doxygen
My Rec
ommendation
for
Doxygen
My Recommendation for
Doxygen
Add Video or Image
All
4
Pros
2
Cons
1
Specs
Top
Pro
•••
Cross-platform
Doxygen is compatible with multiple languages. Including but not limited to C, Objective-C, C#, C++, Java, Python, PHP etc.
See More
Top
Con
•••
No recursive inclusion
For example, if you specify INCLUDE_PATH=incl, it doesn't search other folders included in the incl folder (incl/sub1 or incl/sub2) and there's no option to turn on recursive inclusion.
See More
Specs
Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
License:
GPL v2
Output Format:
HTML, RTF (MS-Word), PostScript, hyperlinked PDF, compressed HTML, and Unix man pages
Python version compatibility:
2 and 3
Top
Pro
•••
Generates documentation from comments
Doxygen can generate documentation from formatted comments in the source code. This is extremely useful when writing detailed man pages.
See More
Hide
See All
Get it
here
Recommend
1
--
Sphinx
My Rec
ommendation
for
Sphinx
My Recommendation for
Sphinx
Add Video or Image
All
4
Pros
3
Specs
Top
Pro
•••
Batch and real-time full-text indexes
See More
Specs
Multi Language Support:
Yes
Language:
Python
Markup Languages:
reStructuredText
Top
Pro
•••
Rich database-like querying features
See More
Top
Pro
•••
Good search performance
See More
Hide
See All
Get it
here
Recommend
3
--
Apiary
My Rec
ommendation
for
Apiary
My Recommendation for
Apiary
Add Video or Image
All
3
Pros
2
Cons
1
Top
Pro
•••
Automatically generates API documentation
Apiary generates comprehensive HTML documentation based on your API routes.
See More
Top
Con
•••
Mediocre documentation
Users must rely primarily on the example project and auto-generated API documentation (Haddocks). The author of Apiary is not a native English speaker and openly acknowledges this issue.
See More
Top
Pro
•••
Type-level routes
Apiary provides type modeling, down to URL parameters, ensuring type safety.
See More
Hide
See All
Get it
here
Recommend
1
--
Pandoc
My Rec
ommendation
for
Pandoc
My Recommendation for
Pandoc
Add Video or Image
All
2
Pros
1
Cons
1
Top
Pro
•••
It converts from almost any human readable text, marked-up or not, to plain HTML
See More
Top
Con
•••
No workflow
To build a complete site, 3rd-party tools (scripts) are needed.
See More
Hide
0
Recommend
1
Don't see your favorite option? Add it.
I Recommend...
Built By the Slant team
Find the best product instantly.
4.7 star rating
Add to Chrome
Add to Edge
Add to Firefox
Add to Opera
Add to Brave
Add to Safari
Try it now - it's free
One sec!
Are you sure that you want to abandon your hard work?
Delete Work
Continue working
{}
undefined
url next
price drop
Add to Chrome
Add to Edge
Add to Firefox
Add to Opera
Add to Brave
Add to Safari
Join our community