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What Are Your Favorite Open-Source Documentation Tools?

Documentation is critical for the success of any project, but finding the right open-source tool or library to manage it can be challenging. While there are many options available, I’ve struggled to find one that’s both reliable and suits my project’s needs.

I’m reaching out to gather recommendations:

What open-source tools or libraries do you recommend for creating and hosting documentation?

Are there any lesser-known tools that stand out?

What features do you prioritize in a documentation tool (e.g., versioning, search, customization)?

If you have any suggestions, feel free to share them in the comments. Links to examples or projects using these tools would also be appreciated.

Looking forward to your recommendations.

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Peter Vivo

Simple markdown file with git versioning.

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Mihai

Would you store that on the repo itself?

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Peter Vivo • Edited

yes, that is fine place to every developer read it. Or set the repo publicity to private if don't belong to another one.

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Ben Sinclair

You've tagged this with #ai - are you specifically thinking about AI tools?

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