The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of
documentation generator
In software development, a documentation generator is an automation technology that generates documentation. A generator is often used to generate API documentation which is generally for programmers or operational documents (such as a manual) f ...
s. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. Unless otherwise specified in footnotes, comparisons are based on the stable versions without any add-ons, extensions or external programs. Note that many of the generators listed are no longer maintained.
General information
Basic general information about the generators, including: creator or company, license, and price.
Supported formats
The output formats the generators can write.
Other features
See also
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Code readability
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Documentation generator
In software development, a documentation generator is an automation technology that generates documentation. A generator is often used to generate API documentation which is generally for programmers or operational documents (such as a manual) f ...
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Literate programming
Literate programming (LP) is a programming paradigm introduced in 1984 by Donald Knuth in which a computer program is given as an explanation of how it works in a natural language, such as English, interspersed (embedded) with snippets of macr ...
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Self-documenting code
Notes
References
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Documentation generators