Code documentation generators

Build reference documentation from source code and its doc comments.

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Code documentation generators
Tool	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
JSDoc	15k	Apache-2.0	Open source	No	JavaScript	4.0.4	2026-10-04
TypeDoc	8.5k	Apache-2.0	Open source	No	TypeScript	v0.28.20	2026-07-13
Doxygen	6.6k	GPL-2.0	Open source	No	C++	Release_1_18_0	2026-09-30
Dokka	3.8k	Apache-2.0	Open source	No	Kotlin	v2.2.0	2026-09-30
pdoc	2.5k	MIT-0	Not checked	No	Python	v16.0.0	2026-07-01

5 tools

An API documentation generator for JavaScript.

Language: JavaScript
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 15k
Latest: 4.0.4
Last push: 2026-10-04

Documentation generator for TypeScript projects.

Language: TypeScript
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 8.5k
Latest: v0.28.20
Last push: 2026-07-13

Official doxygen git repository

Language: C++
Licence: GPL-2.0
Stars: 6.6k
Latest: Release_1_18_0
Last push: 2026-09-30

API documentation engine for Kotlin

Language: Kotlin
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 3.8k
Latest: v2.2.0
Last push: 2026-09-30

API Documentation for Python Projects

Language: Python
Licence: MIT-0
Stars: 2.5k
Latest: v16.0.0
Last push: 2026-07-01