Open source docs projects
Every project in the registry tagged docs, ranked by real GitHub adoption.
API Documentation Browser
🃏 A magical documentation site generator.
Open-source API documentation and testing platform
An API documentation generator for JavaScript.
Build beautiful documentation sites with Next.js
Offline documentation browser. Your personal reference library, searchable in an instant.
PandaWiki 是一款 AI 大模型驱动的开源知识库搭建系统，帮助你快速构建智能化的 产品文档、技术文档、FAQ、博客系统，借助大模型的力量为你提供 AI 创作、AI 问答、AI 搜索等能力。
Easily generate and modify .docx files with JS/TS with a nice declarative API. Works for Node and on the Browser.
Beautiful, AI-native markdown IDE and LLM wiki
MM-Wiki 一个轻量级的企业知识分享与团队协同软件，可用于快速构建企业 Wiki 和团队知识分享平台。部署方便，使用简单，帮助团队构建一个信息共享、文档管理的协作环境。
✏️ Write gorgeous documentation for your products using Markdown inside your Laravel app
Modern Confluence alternative designed for internal & external docs, built with Go + EmberJS
MCP server and Claude plugin for Postgres skills and documentation. Helps AI coding tools generate better PostgreSQL code.
Precision documentation from OpenAPI, MCP, Doxygen, and Markdown guides. Static HTML you own.
🐍 ➡️ 📜 Auto-generate API docs for Python projects
A platform that helps you deploy services with one click.
Documenting the unofficial and internal Steam Web API
Open-source CMS for text-driven websites
Transform documentation with developer-focused simplicity
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Frequently asked questions
How many open source docs projects are there?
This registry tracks 19 projects tagged docs, with 165,899 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is devdocs at 39,596 stars.
Are these docs projects free to use?
Yes — 19 of the 19 carry an explicit open-source licence across 5 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.
Which docs project should I choose?
The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.
Are these docs projects still maintained?
17 of the 19 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.