Comparison of documentation generators

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of documentation generators. 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 Note that many of the generators listed are no longer maintained.

Basic general information about the generators, including: creator or company, license, and price.

The output formats the generators can write.

• Code readability
• Documentation generator
• Literate programming
• Self-documenting code