Comparison of Documentation Generators

Language Support

The programming languages the generators recognize.

	C/C++	Java	C#	VB / VBScript	Delphi / Pascal	Ada	D	IDL	.NET1	Access	Fortran
ApiGen	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Autoduck	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
BI Documenter	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
classdoc	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
CppDoc	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
DB Manual	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
DBDesc	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
DBScribe	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Ddoc	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
devscribe	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Doc-O-Matic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
DOC++	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Document! X	C++/CLI only	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Doxygen	Yes	Yes	Yes	with Plugin2	with Plugin2	No	Partial	Yes	No	No	Yes
Epydoc	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
ForgeDoc	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
fpdoc	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
GenHelp	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Haddock	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
HeaderDoc	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Help Generator	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
HyperSQL	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Imagix 4D	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Javadoc	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
jGrouseDoc	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
JSDoc	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
JsDoc Toolkit	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
KDOC	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Natural Docs	Partial	Partial	Yes	Partial	Partial	Partial	No	No	No	No	Partial
NDoc	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
phpDocumentor	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
phpSimpleDoc	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Project Analyzer	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
RDoc	Partial	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
ROBODoc	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Sphinx	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
ThimbleDoc	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
TwinText	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Universal Report	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
VBDOX	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
VBSdoc	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
VSdocman	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
YARD	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	C/C++	Java	C#	VB / VBScript	Delphi / Pascal	Ada	D	IDL	.NET1	Access	Fortran

	PHP	Perl	Python	Ruby	JavaScript	ActionScript	PL/SQL	Tcl	Haskell
ApiGen	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Autoduck	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
BI Documenter	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
classdoc	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
CppDoc	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
DB Manual	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
DBDesc	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
DBScribe	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Ddoc	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
devscribe	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Doc-O-Matic	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
DOC++	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Document! X	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Doxygen	Yes	No2	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Epydoc	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
ForgeDoc	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
fpdoc	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
GenHelp	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Haddock	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
HeaderDoc	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Help Generator	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
HyperSQL	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Imagix 4D	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Javadoc	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
jGrouseDoc	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
JSDoc	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
JsDoc Toolkit	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
KDOC	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Natural Docs	Partial	Yes	Partial	Partial	Partial	Yes	Partial	Partial	No
NDoc	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
phpDocumentor	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
phpSimpleDoc	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Project Analyzer	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
RDoc	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
ROBODoc	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes	No
Sphinx	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
ThimbleDoc	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
TwinText	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Universal Report	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
VBDOX	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
VBSdoc	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
VSdocman	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
YARD	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
	PHP	Perl	Python	Ruby	JavaScript	ActionScript	PL/SQL	Tcl	Haskell

	AppleScript	MIG	Bourne shell	C shell	Any With Comments3
ApiGen	No	No	No	No	No
Autoduck	No	No	No	No	No
BI Documenter	No	No	No	No	No
classdoc	No	No	No	No	No
CppDoc	No	No	No	No	No
DB Manual	No	No	No	No	No
DBDesc	No	No	No	No	No
DBScribe	No	No	No	No	No
Ddoc	No	No	No	No	No
devscribe	No	No	No	No	No
Doc-O-Matic	No	No	No	No	Yes
DOC++	No	No	No	No	No
Document! X	No	No	No	No	No
Doxygen	No	No	No	No	No
Epydoc	No	No	No	No	No
ForgeDoc	No	No	No	No	No
fpdoc	No	No	No	No	No
GenHelp	No	No	No	No	No
Haddock	No	No	No	No	No
HeaderDoc	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Help Generator	No	No	No	No	No
HyperSQL	No	No	No	No	No
Imagix 4D	No	No	No	No	No
Javadoc	No	No	No	No	No
jGrouseDoc	No	No	No	No	No
JSDoc	No	No	No	No	No
JsDoc Toolkit	No	No	No	No	No
KDOC	No	No	No	No	No
Natural Docs	No	No	No	No	Yes
NDoc	No	No	No	No	No
phpDocumentor	No	No	No	No	No
phpSimpleDoc	No	No	No	No	No
Project Analyzer	No	No	No	No	No
RDoc	No	No	No	No	No
ROBODoc	No	No	No	No	Yes
Sphinx	No	No	No	No	No
ThimbleDoc	No	No	No	No	No
TwinText	No	No	No	No	Yes
Universal Report	No	No	No	No	Yes
VBDOX	No	No	No	No	No
VBSdoc	No	No	No	No	No
VSdocman	No	No	No	No	No
YARD	No	No	No	No	No
	AppleScript	MIG	Bourne shell	C shell	Any With Comments3

Note (1): .NET is not a programming language, but is listed here for convenience.

Note (2): Though not supported as a native input language, Doxygen can be extended through the use of filters. Examples include Visual Basic, VB.NET, Perl, and Pascal:

Note (3): Generators listed here can be extended to support any language that has comments.

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Comparison of Documentation Generators - Language Support

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