Best Documentation Generators in 2026
29 documentation generators ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
29ranked
19free plans on this page
$10/molowest paid tier
2 Oct 2026last checked
| # | App | Score | From | Free plan | Paid from | Source inputs | API reference generation | Versioned documentation | CI/CD integration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sphinx | 8.2 | Free | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | View |
| 2 | Scalar | 8.1 | $150/mo | Yes | 150 /mo | — | — | — | — | View |
| 3 |  MkDocs | 8.1 | Free | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | View |
| 4 | Redocly | 7.8 | $10/mo | No | — | — | — | — | — | View |
| 5 | DocFX | 7.7 | Free | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | View |
| 6 | Asciidoctor | 7.5 | Free | Yes | — | AsciiDoc files; AsciiDoc strings | — | — | Yes | View |
| 7 | Stoplight Elements | 7.5 | Free | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | View |
| 8 | Doxygen | 7.3 | Free | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | View |
| 9 |  mdBook | 7.1 | Free | Yes | — | Markdown | — | — | Yes | View |
| 10 |  Sandcastle Help File Builder | 7.0 | Free | Yes | — | managed assemblies, XML comments, Visual Studio solutions and projects, Markdown, MAML | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| 11 | ExDoc | 6.9 | Free | Yes | — | Elixir, Erlang, Markdown, Livebooks, cheatsheets, plain text | Yes | Yes | — | View |
| 12 |  Natural Docs | 6.8 | Free | Yes | — | source code, text files | Yes | — | — | View |
| 13 | Antora | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | View |
| 14 |  PyDoctor | 6.7 | Free | Yes | — | Python modules, Python packages, C modules | Yes | — | Yes | View |
| 15 |  RDoc | 6.3 | Free | Yes | — | Ruby, C, RBS, RDoc, Markdown, RD, TomDoc | Yes | — | Yes | View |
| 16 |  TypeDoc | 6.2 | Free | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | View |
| 17 |  YARD | 6.2 | Free | Yes | — | Ruby, RDoc, Markdown | Yes | — | — | View |
| 18 |  rustdoc | 6.2 | Free | Yes | — | Rust crate roots, Markdown files | Yes | — | Yes | View |
| 19 | AsyncAPI Generator | 6.0 | — | — | — | AsyncAPI Document; templates | Yes | — | Yes | View |
| 20 |  Scaladoc | 5.8 | — | — | — | Scala source code, TASTy files, JAR files | Yes | Yes | — | View |
| 21 |  JSDoc | 5.7 | Free | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | View |
| 22 |  StepShot | 5.7 | Free | Yes | — | screen captures, screen recordings, mouse clicks, keystrokes | No | — | — | View |
| 23 |  Jazzy | 5.4 | — | — | — | Swift source, Objective-C source, Xcode projects, Swift Package Manager projects, compiled Swift modules, frameworks, symbol graph files, SourceKitten JSON, Markdown guides | Yes | Yes | — | View |
| 24 | phpDocumentor | 5.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | View |
| 25 | JSON Schema for Humans | 5.1 | — | — | — | JSON, YAML | No | — | — | View |
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Questions about this list
Which documentation generator is ranked first on Samsung Mobile US Press?
Sphinx is ranked #1 of 29 with a score of 8.2. Scalar is second and MkDocs third.
How many of these have a free plan?
19 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, Redocly has the lowest first paid tier we found: $10/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation. Paid placements never change a rank.
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