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> A curated and **up-to-date** list of resources on software documentation templates, tools, guides & examples.



Software documentation is critical to ensuring clarity and efficiency throughout the development process by facilitating better understanding and collaboration among team members. However, for a variety of reasons, the creation and maintenance of documentation has often been mismanaged, resulting in inefficiency, inconsistency, and poor quality.



This list aims to help by providing you with out-of-the-box templates and practical tools to maximize efficiency, insightful guides and established standards to ensure consistency, and real-world documents to serve as examples.



Translations available in: [🇨🇳 中文](README_zh.md)



## Contents



- [Documentation Types](#documentation-types)

  - [User Documentation](#user-documentation)

  - [Architectural Documentation](#architectural-documentation)

  - [API Documentation](#api-documentation)

  - [Code Documentation](#code-documentation)

  - [Test Documentation](#test-documentation)

  - [Other Types](#other-types)

- [General Tools](#general-tools)

  - [Site Builder](#site-builder)

  - [Wiki Builder](#wiki-builder)

  - [Knowledge Base](#knowledge-base)

  - [Checker \& Formatter](#checker--formatter)

  - [Diagramming](#diagramming)

  - [Multimedia](#multimedia)

  - [Commercial](#commercial)

- [More Topics](#more-topics)

  - [Comunities](#comunities)

  - [Examples](#examples)

  - [Formats](#formats)

  - [Guidelines](#guidelines)

  - [Books](#books)

  - [Courses](#courses)

  - [DocOps](#docops)

  - [Localization](#localization)

  - [Accessibility](#accessibility)

  - [SEO](#seo)



## Documentation Types



### User Documentation



> _"It doesn't matter how good your product is, because if its documentation is not good enough, people will not use it."_ -  [The Documentation System](https://documentation.divio.com/introduction.html)



#### Tutorial



Step-by-step instructions to teach users how to use or implement the subject or tool.



- [Tutorial](https://documentation.divio.com/tutorials.html) - Lean how to write good tutorials from The Documentation System.

- [Tutorial template](https://gitlab.com/tgdp/templates/-/blob/main/tutorial/template-tutorial.md) - Open-source template provided by The Good Docs Project.

- [Writing a perfect technical tutorial](https://www.writethedocs.org/videos/portland/2021/writing-a-perfect-technical-tutorial-jessica-garson/) - How to start creating tutorials, gather feedback, and the next steps once the tutorial is published.

- [Example: Build your first Astro Blog](https://docs.astro.build/en/tutorial/0-introduction/) - A well-structured and good-looking tutorial that covers Astro's key features by building a fully-functioning blog, from zero to full launch.



#### Reference



Provides detailed information and specifications for all features and functionalities.



- [Reference guides](https://documentation.divio.com/reference.html) - Lean how to write good reference guides from The Documentation System.

- [Reference template](https://gitlab.com/tgdp/templates/-/blob/main/reference/template-reference.md) - Open-source template provided by The Good Docs Project.

- [SDK Reference Manuals: A flow-based approach](https://www.writethedocs.org/videos/portland/2019/sdk-reference-manuals-a-flow-based-approach-chris-bush/) - Give users of SDK reference docs a quick, enjoyable, user-oriented experience.



#### How-to



Offers practical steps to accomplish specific tasks or solve common problems.



- [How-to guides](https://documentation.divio.com/how-to-guides.html) - Learn how to write good how-to guides from The Documentation System.

- [How-to template](https://gitlab.com/tgdp/templates/-/blob/main/how-to/template-how-to.md) - Open-source template provided by The Good Docs Project.



#### Conecpt



Explains the fundamental ideas and theories behind the topic.



- [Concept template](https://gitlab.com/tgdp/templates/-/blob/main/concept/template-concept.md) - Open-source template provided by The Good Docs Project.

- [Explanation](https://documentation.divio.com/explanation.html) - Learn how to write a good explanation from The Documentation System.



#### FAQ



Answers frequently asked questions to quickly resolve common issues or clarify typical misunderstandings.



- [The Facts About FAQs](https://www.writethedocs.org/videos/portland/2018/the-facts-about-faqs-ashleigh-rentz/) - Explore various questions we might frequently ask ourselves about FAQs.



#### In-app Documentation



Assist users in understanding and navigating the features and functionalities of the app directly from within its interface.



- [Driver.js](https://github.com/kamranahmedse/driver.js) - A light-weight, no-dependency, vanilla JavaScript engine to drive the user's focus across the page.

- [Shepherd](https://github.com/shepherd-pro/shepherd) - Guide your users through a tour of your app.



#### Others



- [Installation template](https://gitlab.com/tgdp/templates/-/blob/main/installation-guide/template-installation-guide.md) - Open-source template provided by The Good Docs Project.

- [Troubleshooting template](https://gitlab.com/tgdp/templates/-/tree/main/troubleshooting) - Open-source template provided by The Good Docs Project.

- [Terminology system guide template](https://gitlab.com/tgdp/templates/-/blob/main/terminology-system/guide-terminology-system.md) - Open-source template provided by The Good Docs Project.

- [Release Notes template](https://gitlab.com/tgdp/templates/-/blob/main/release-notes/template-release-notes.md) - Open-source template provided by The Good Docs Project.

- [The Power of Empathy in Support Documentation: A 5-Step Guide](https://www.writethedocs.org/videos/prague/2019/the-power-of-empathy-in-support-documentation-a-5-step-guide-plamena-maleva/) - Apply empathy and iteration to customer support documentation projects.



### Architectural Documentation



> _"Architecture is about the important stuff. Whatever that is."  — Ralph Johnson_



- [arc42](https://arc42.org/) - Proven, practical and pragmatic template for documentation and communication of software and system architectures.

  - [Template Download](https://arc42.org/download#format-overview) - The arc42 template in various formats, including docx, asciidoc, markdown, latex, rst, html, Confluence, etc.

  - [Example: HTML Sanity Checker](https://hsc.aim42.org/documentation/hsc_arc42) - Verbose example for the documentation of a Gradle plugin, created by Dr. Gernot Starke.

  - [Example: biking](https://biking.michael-simons.eu/docs/index.html) - A real world example for a bike activity tracker, created by Michael Simons.

  - [Example: arc42 + C4 model](https://github.com/bitsmuggler/arc42-c4-software-architecture-documentation-example) - Shows how to use arc42 in combination with the C4 model with the Documentation as Code technique.

  - [docToolchain](https://github.com/doctoolchain/doctoolchainb) - An implementation of the docs-as-code approach for software architecture, which use arc42 as template.

  - [The Ultimate Guide To Software Architecture Documentation](https://www.workingsoftware.dev/software-architecture-documentation-the-ultimate-guide/) - Write, structure, visualize and manage software architecture documentation in a lean way using appropriate documentation tools, including arc42.



- [C4 model](https://c4model.com) - The C4 model for visualizing software architecture using Context, Containers, Components, and Code.

  - [c4-draw.io](https://github.com/tobiashochguertel/c4-draw.io) - A C4 Modelling plugin for draw.io, which provides C4 Notation Elements in draw.io.

  - [C4-PlantUML](https://github.com/plantuml-stdlib/C4-PlantUML) - Includes macros, stereotypes, and other goodies (like VSCode Snippets) for creating C4 diagrams with PlantUML.

  - [C4 Diagrams | Mermaid](https://mermaid.js.org/syntax/c4.html) - Mermaid's C4 diagram syntax is compatible with plantUML.

  - [Structurizr](https://github.com/structurizr) - C4 models as code - visualise and document your software architecture with the C4 model.

  - [C4-Builder](https://github.com/adrianvlupu/C4-Builder) - A lightweight Node.js cli tool for building, maintaining and sharing a software architecture project using only text.

  - [C4Sharp](https://github.com/8T4/c4sharp) - A .net library for building diagrams as code, based on C4 Model.

  - [Goa Design - Model](https://github.com/goadesign/model) - Create your software architecture models and diagrams in Go. The Model DSL is implemented in Go and follows the C4 Model.



- [Log4brains](https://github.com/thomvaill/log4brains) - Log Architecture Decision Records (ADR) right from your IDE and to publish them automatically as a static website.

- [Design Docs at Google](https://www.industrialempathy.com/posts/design-docs-at-google/) - Overview of how software design docs are used and written at Google.



### API Documentation



> _"All teams will henceforth expose their data and functionality through service interfaces."_ - [The Bezos API Mandate](https://nordicapis.com/the-bezos-api-mandate-amazons-manifesto-for-externalization/)



#### General



- [API Reference template](https://gitlab.com/tgdp/templates/-/blob/main/api-reference/template-api-reference.md) - Open-source template provided by The Good Docs Project.

- [Slate](https://github.com/slatedocs/slate) - Beautiful static documentation for your API.

  - [Widdershins](https://github.com/Mermade/widdershins) - OpenAPI / Swagger / AsyncAPI / Semoasa definition to Slate / ReSlate compatible markdown.

- [DevDocs](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/devdocs) - Combines multiple developer documentations in a clean and organized web UI with instant search, offline support, mobile version, dark theme, keyboard shortcuts, and more.

- [Zeal](https://github.com/zealdocs/zeal) - Offline documentation browser inspired by Dash.

- [apiDoc](https://github.com/apidoc/apidoc) - RESTful web API Documentation Generator.



#### OpenAPI



[OpenAPI Specification](https://swagger.io/specification/) defines a standard, language-agnostic interface to HTTP APIs. An OpenAPI definition can then be used by documentation generation tools to display the API.



- [Swagger UI](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui) - Dynamically generate beautiful documentation from a Swagger-compliant API.

- [Swagger Petstore](https://petstore3.swagger.io/) - A sample Pet Store Server based on the OpenAPI 3.0 specification.

- [Redoc](https://github.com/Redocly/redoc) - An open source tool for generating documentation from OpenAPI (formerly Swagger) definitions.

- [RapiDoc](https://github.com/rapi-doc/RapiDoc) - WebComponent Custom Element for OpenAPI Spec viewing.

- [Fern](https://github.com/fern-api/fern) - Generate SDKs and API documentation from OpenAPI definitions.

- [Elements](https://github.com/stoplightio/elements) - Beautiful API documentation powered by OpenAPI and Markdown.

- [Scalar](https://github.com/scalar/scalar) - Generate interactive API documentations from Swagger files.



#### GraphQL



[GraphQL](https://graphql.org/) is a query language for APIs, which provides a complete and understandable description of the data in your API.



- [GitHub GraphQL API documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/graphql) - A great real world example of GraphQL API from GitHub.

- [SpectaQL](https://github.com/anvilco/spectaql) - A Node.js library that generates static documentation for a GraphQL schema.

- [GraphQLDocs](https://github.com/brettchalupa/graphql-docs) - Ruby library and CLI for easily generating beautiful documentation from your GraphQL schema.

- [Magidoc](https://github.com/magidoc-org/magidoc) - A  a JavaScript library that auto-generates static documentation from any GraphQL schema.



#### gRPC



[gRPC](https://grpc.io/) is a modern open source high performance Remote Procedure Call (RPC) framework.



- [protoc-gen-doc](https://github.com/pseudomuto/protoc-gen-doc) - Generate HTML, JSON, DocBook, and Markdown documentation from comments in your .proto files.

  - [Example](https://rawgit.com/pseudomuto/protoc-gen-doc/master/examples/doc/example.html) - A sample HTML documentation generated by protoc-gen-doc.

- [Sabledocs](https://github.com/markvincze/sabledocs) - A simple static documentation generator for Protobuf and gRPC contracts.

  - [Example](https://markvincze.github.io/sabledocs/demo/) - A sample documentation created with sabledocs, from parts of the Protobuf contracts of the Google Cloud SDK.



#### AsyncAPI



[AsyncAPI Specification](https://www.asyncapi.com/docs/reference/specification/v3.0.0) is a project used to describe message-driven APIs in a machine-readable format, which can also be used to generate API documents.



- [Async API Generator](https://github.com/asyncapi/generator) - Use AsyncAPI definition to generate literally anything, including Markdown documentation and HTML documentation.

- [AsyncAPI React Component](https://github.com/asyncapi/asyncapi-react) - Rendering documentation from your specification in real-time in the browser.

- [Petstore Kafka](https://github.com/swagger-api/petstore-kafka?tab=readme-ov-file#openapi-and-asyncapi) - A functional example for describing with AsyncAPI and OpenAPI.



#### RAML



[RAML Specification](https://github.com/raml-org/raml-spec/blob/master/versions/raml-10/raml-10.md/) provides mechanisms for defining practically-RESTful APIs, creating client/server source code, and comprehensively documenting the APIs for users.



- [API Console](https://github.com/mulesoft/api-console) - An interactive REST console based on RAML/OAS files.

- [RAML to HTML](https://github.com/raml2html/raml2html) - A simple RAML to HTML documentation generator, written for Node.js, with theme support.

- [World Music API](https://rawgit.com/raml2html/default-theme/master/examples/world-music-api.html) - A live example using RAML to HTML documentation generator.



### Code Documentation



#### README



README files are a staple of any code project. They provide the first introduction to a new codebase and help you share important project details with collaborators.



- [Best-README-Template](https://github.com/othneildrew/Best-README-Template) - An awesome README template to jumpstart your projects.

- [Awesome README](https://github.com/matiassingers/awesome-readme) - A curated list of awesome READMEs, including examples, articles and tools.

- [README template](https://gitlab.com/tgdp/templates/-/blob/main/readme/template-readme.md) - Open-source template provided by The Good Docs Project.

- [readme.so](https://github.com/octokatherine/readme.so) - An online drag-and-drop editor to easily build READMEs.



#### Comments



> _“Code Tells You How, Comments Tell You Why.”_ — [Jeff Atwood](https://blog.codinghorror.com/code-tells-you-how-comments-tell-you-why/)



- [Best practices for writing code comments](https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/12/23/best-practices-for-writing-code-comments/) - 9 rules to help you write better comments, providing examples and explaining how and when to apply them.

- [The Engineer's Guide to Writing Meaningful Code Comments](https://stepsize.com/blog/the-engineers-guide-to-writing-code-comments) - Covers types of comments, when and how to write code comments, some best practices, and when not to write them.

- [NERD Commenter](https://github.com/preservim/nerdcommenter) - Vim plugin for intensely nerdy commenting powers.



#### Error Messages



- [101 to 404s: How to write great error messages](https://www.writethedocs.org/videos/prague/2019/101-to-404s-how-to-write-great-error-messages-james-scott/) - Even the shortest error message can evoke far stronger, negative emotions in your end users than the majority of your documentation.



#### Collaboration



- [CONTRIBUTING template](https://gitlab.com/tgdp/templates/-/blob/main/contributing-guide/template-contributing-guide.md) - Open-source template provided by The Good Docs Project.

- [Code Of Conduct template](https://gitlab.com/tgdp/templates/-/tree/main/code-of-conduct) - Open-source template provided by The Good Docs Project.

- [Style guide template](https://gitlab.com/tgdp/templates/-/blob/main/style-guide/template-style-guide.md) - Open-source template provided by The Good Docs Project.

- [License templates](https://github.com/licenses/license-templates) - Templates for open source and other licenses.



#### Language-specific



- JavaScript

  - [JSDoc](https://github.com/jsdoc/jsdoc) - An API documentation generator for JavaScript.

  - [documentation.js](https://github.com/documentationjs/documentation) - The documentation system for modern JavaScript.

  - [Docz](https://github.com/doczjs/docz) - Write and publish beautiful interactive documentation for your code.

  - [Storybook](https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook) - A frontend workshop made for UI development, testing, and documentation.

- TypeScript

  - [TSDoc](https://github.com/microsoft/tsdoc) - A doc comment standard for TypeScript.

- Python

  - [Docstring Conventions](https://peps.python.org/pep-0257/) - This PEP documents the semantics and conventions associated with Python docstrings.

  - [Comments and Docstrings](https://github.com/google/styleguide/blob/gh-pages/pyguide.md#38-comments-and-docstrings) - From Google Python Style Guide.

  - [Documenting Python Code: A Complete Guide](https://realpython.com/documenting-python-code/#commenting-vs-documenting-code) - Covering differences between commenting and documenting, use of docstrings, and guidelines for documenting Python projects.

- PHP

  - [phpDocumentor](https://github.com/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor) - The de-facto documentation tool for PHP projects, offering a robust solution for generating comprehensive documentation effortlessly.

- C#

  - [Docfx](https://github.com/dotnet/docfx) - Static site generator for .NET API documentation.

- C++

  - [Doxygen](https://github.com/doxygen/doxygen) - The de facto standard tool for generating documentation from annotated C++ sources.

- Java

  - [JavaDoc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javadoc) - A documentation generator created by Sun Microsystems for the Java language (now owned by Oracle Corporation) for generating API documentation in HTML format from Java source code.

    - [Maven Javadoc Plugin](https://github.com/apache/maven-javadoc-plugin) - Uses the Javadoc tool to generate javadocs for the specified project.

    - [javadoc.io](https://javadoc.io/) - A free service that indexes and serves JavaDoc for Maven Central.

- Kotlin

  - [Dokka](https://github.com/Kotlin/dokka) - An API documentation engine for Kotlin.

- Go

  - [Go Doc Comments](https://go.dev/doc/comment) - Extract documentation from Go source code.

  - [Swag](https://github.com/swaggo/swag) - Cconverts Go annotations to Swagger Documentation 2.0.

- Rust

  - [Rustdoc](https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/rustdoc/) - Generate documentation for Rust projects.

  - [Docs.rs](https://github.com/rust-lang/docs.rs) - An open source project to host documentation of crates for the Rust Programming Language.

- Ruby

  - [TomDoc for Ruby](http://tomdoc.org/) - A code documentation specification that helps you write precise documentation that is nice to read in plain text, yet structured enough to be automatically extracted and processed by a machine.

- Perl

  - [perlpod](https://perldoc.perl.org/perlpod) - The Plain Old Documentation format - a simple-to-use markup language used for writing documentation for Perl, Perl programs, and Perl modules.

- SQL

  - [SchemaSpy](https://github.com/schemaspy/schemaspy) - Document your database simply and easily.

- CSS



### Test Documentation



- Test Plans

  - [IEEE Test Plan Template](https://github.com/JennifferLockwood/test_plan_template) - IEEE 829 templates in HTML5 and Markdown formats.

  - [SONiC Test Plan Template](https://github.com/sonic-net/SONiC/blob/master/doc/SONiC%20Test%20Plan%20Template.md) - A test plan template from Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC).

  - [Writing Test Plan Items | VS Code](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Writing-Test-Plan-Items) - A guide for writing Test Plan Item (TPI) for VS Code project.

  - [Performance Test Plan Document](https://www.perfmatrix.com/performance-test-plan-document-template/) -  A free .docx template for performance test plan from PerfMatrix.

- Test Cases

  - [TestCases and Templates for Manual Software Testing](https://github.com/mfaisalkhatri/Manual_Testing) - General Test Cases for performing Manual Testing and API Testing on the Web/Mobile application.

  - [Test Case Template (Download Sample Excel)](https://www.guru99.com/download-sample-test-case-template-with-explanation-of-important-fields.html) - A free test case template from Guru99, with both Excel and Word formats.

  - [Test Case Template with Examples: Free Excel & Word Sample for Download](https://katalon.com/resources-center/blog/test-case-template-examples) - A free test case template from Katalon, with guidelines and direct download links.

- Test Report

  - [Bug report template](https://gitlab.com/tgdp/templates/-/blob/main/bug-report/template-bug-report.md) - Open-source template provided by The Good Docs Project.

  - [Performance Test Report Template](https://www.perfmatrix.com/performance-test-report-template/) - A free .docx template for performance test report from PerfMatrix.

  - [Performance Testing Results Report: How to Write It (with Example)](https://u-tor.com/topic/performance-testing-report) - A guide on performance testing report, including why, how and a real world example.

  - [A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Powerful Performance Summary Report](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/step-by-step-guide-creating-powerful-performance-summary-james-ohia/) - Discuss the best practices for creating a performance test summary report and the key components that should be included in it, with a full example.



### Other Types



- Project Requirements Documentation (PRD)

  - [PRD: Product Requirements Doc templates](https://www.notion.so/templates/category/product-requirements-doc) - A bunch of PRD templates from Notion, both free and paid.

  - [Product Templates: Product Requirements Document (PRD)](https://productschool.com/blog/product-strategy/product-template-requirements-document-prd) - Free PRD Templates from Product School.

  - [PRD templates for product managers](https://www.aha.io/roadmapping/guide/requirements-management/what-is-a-good-product-requirements-document-template) - PRD templated from Aha! software.

- Request for Comment (RFC)

  - [Request for Comment template](https://gitlab.com/tgdp/request-for-comment/-/blob/main/rfc-template.md) -  Open-source template provided by The Good Docs Project.



## General Tools



### Site Builder



- [Docusaurus](https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus) ![GitHub Repo stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/facebook/docusaurus) - A project for building, deploying, and maintaining open source project websites easily.

- [Docsify](https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify) ![GitHub Repo stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/docsifyjs/docsify) - A magical documentation site generator.

- [MkDocs](https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs) ![GitHub Repo stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/mkdocs/mkdocs) - A fast, simple and downright gorgeous static site generator that's geared towards building project documentation.

  - [Material for MkDocs](https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material) ![GitHub Repo stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/squidfunk/mkdocs-material) - A powerful documentation framework on top of MkDocs.

- [mdBook](https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook) ![GitHub Repo stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/rust-lang/mdBook) - Create book from markdown files. Like Gitbook but implemented in Rust.

- [Sphinx](https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx) ![GitHub Repo stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/sphinx-doc/sphinx) - Make it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation.

  - [Read the Docs](https://about.readthedocs.com/) - Hosts documentation for the open source community, which supports Sphinx docs written with reStructuredText.

- [Markdoc](https://github.com/markdoc/markdoc) - A Markdown-based syntax and toolchain for creating custom documentation sites and experiences.

- [Starlight](https://github.com/withastro/starlight) ![GitHub Repo stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/withastro/starlight) - Build beautiful, accessible, high-performance documentation websites with Astro.

- [Docco](https://github.com/jashkenas/docco) ![GitHub Repo stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/jashkenas/docco) - A quick-and-dirty, hundred-line-long, literate-programming-style documentation generator.

- [bookdown](https://github.com/rstudio/bookdown) ![GitHub Repo stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/rstudio/bookdown) - Authoring Books and Technical Documents with R Markdown.

- [Docus](https://github.com/nuxt-themes/docus) ![GitHub Repo stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/nuxt-themes/docus) - Create document-driven websites with Vue & Markdown.

- [Doctave](https://github.com/Doctave/doctave) ![GitHub Repo stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Doctave/doctave) - A batteries-included developer documentation site generator.



### Wiki Builder



- [Wiki.js](https://github.com/Requarks/wiki) - A modern and powerful wiki app built on Node.js.

- [MediaWiki](https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki) - A free and open-source wiki software package written in PHP. It serves as the platform for Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects.

- [DokuWiki](https://github.com/dokuwiki/dokuwiki) - A simple to use and highly versatile Open Source wiki software that doesn't require a database.

- [Gollum](https://github.com/gollum/gollum) - A simple wiki system built on top of Git.

- [VimWiki](https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki) - A a personal wiki for Vim, which can be used to write documentation.

- [GitHub Wiki](https://docs.github.com/en/communities/documenting-your-project-with-wikis/about-wikis)

  - [Awesome GitHub Wikis](https://github.com/MyHoneyBadger/awesome-github-wiki) - A curated list of awesome GitHub Wikis, including examples, tips and tricks.

- [Federated Wiki](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Federated_Wiki)

  - [The Federated Wiki](https://www.writethedocs.org/videos/na/2015/keynote-the-federated-wiki-ward-cunningham/) - Use federation to ease sharing, by Ward Cunningham.

  - [Node.js server version](https://github.com/fedwiki/wiki) - Federated Wiki node server as npm package.



### Knowledge Base



- [Documize](https://github.com/documize/community) - Modern Confluence alternative designed for internal & external docs.

- [Trilium Notes](https://github.com/zadam/trilium) - A hierarchical note taking application with focus on building large personal knowledge bases.

- [Seafile](https://github.com/haiwen/seafile) - High performance file syncing and sharing, with also Markdown WYSIWYG editing, Wiki, file label and other knowledge management features.

- [Logseq](https://github.com/logseq/logseq) - A privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration.

- [MrDoc](https://github.com/zmister2016/MrDoc) - An online document system suitable for individuals and small teams to manage documents, wiki, knowledge and notes.

- [AFFiNE](https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE) - A next-gen knowledge base that brings planning, sorting and creating all together.



### Checker & Formatter



- [LanguageTool](https://github.com/languagetool-org/languagetool) - Style and Grammar Checker for 25+ Languages.

- [Spellcheck GitHub Actions](https://github.com/rojopolis/spellcheck-github-actions) - A GitHub Action that spell checks Python, Markdown, and Text files.

- [TeXtidote](https://github.com/sylvainhalle/textidote) - A correction tool for LaTeX documents and other formats.

- [alex](https://github.com/get-alex/alex) - Catch insensitive, inconsiderate writing.

- [Lychee](https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee) -  Finds broken URLs and mail addresses inside Markdown, HTML, reStructuredText, websites and more.

- [linkinator](https://github.com/JustinBeckwith/linkinator) - A super simple site crawler and broken link checker.

- [Readability checker](https://www.thewriter.com/tools/readability) - Score your writing based on the Flesch reading ease scale, which looks at how long your words and sentences are.

- [Capitalize My Title](https://capitalizemytitle.com/) - An easy, smart title capitalization tool that uses title capitalization rules published by leading professional organizations to ensure your titles and headlines are capitalized correctly.

- [CasePolice](https://github.com/antfu/case-police) - Scan all your source files and fix the cases of known names.

- [Tables Generator](https://www.tablesgenerator.com/) - Generate tables in HTML, Markdown, Latex, MediaWiki, etc.



### Diagramming



One diagram is usually worth more than a thousand words.



- [Excalidraw](https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw) - An open source virtual hand-drawn style whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams.

- [draw.io](https://github.com/jgraph/drawio) (Open Source) - A JavaScript, client-side editor for general diagramming.

- [Mermaid](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid) - A diagramming and charting tool that renders Markdown-inspired text definitions to create charts.

  - [Mermaid Live Editor](https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid-live-editor/) - A live editor for Mermaid diagrams.

- [PlantUML](https://github.com/plantuml/plantuml) - Allows users to create diagrams using a simple syntax.

- [Lucidchart](https://www.lucidchart.com/) - Generate visuals automatically with AI and data imports, or build your own using intuitive diagramming tools.

- [OmniGraffle](https://www.omnigroup.com/omnigraffle/) - A Mac-only diagramming tool that offers a wide range of features for creating diagrams.

- [(Chinese) Architecture Diagramming: Tools and Methodologies](https://developer.aliyun.com/article/774446) - It discusses the benefits of using diagrams in architecture document, and highlights some standards and best practices.



### Multimedia



Documentation can be more than just plain texts and static pictures.



- Screen Recorder

  - [Screenity](https://github.com/alyssaxuu/screenity) - The free and privacy-friendly screen recorder with no limits.

  - [Kap](https://github.com/wulkano/kap) - An open-source screen recorder built with web technology.

  - [rrweb](https://github.com/rrweb-io/rrweb) - A tool for recording and replaying users' interactions on the web.

  - [ScreenToGif](https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif) - Record a selected area of your screen, edit and save it as a gif or video.

  - [Peek](https://github.com/phw/peek) - Simple animated GIF screen recorder with an easy to use interface.

  - [Flameshot](https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot) - Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software.

- Audio Recorder

  - [Tenacity](https://codeberg.org/tenacityteam/tenacity) -  An easy-to-use, privacy-friendly, FLOSS, cross-platform multi-track audio editor for Windows, macOS, Linux, and other operating systems.

- Terminal Recorder

  - [asciinema](https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema) - A command-line tool for recording terminal sessions.

  - [Terminalizer](https://github.com/faressoft/terminalizer) - Record your terminal and generate animated gif images or share a web player.

- Animation Builder

  - [Animockup](https://github.com/alyssaxuu/animockup) - A web-based tool that helps you create animated mockups for your product teasers.

- Presentation Tools

  - [Slidev](https://github.com/slidevjs/slidev) - Presentation slides for developers.

  - [reveal.js](https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js) - Open source HTML presentation framework.

  - [carbon](https://github.com/carbon-app/carbon) - Create and share beautiful images of your source code.

  - [Code Hike](https://github.com/code-hike/codehike) - Helps you create a superior code reading experience, whether you are writing blog posts, documentation, tutorials, coding videos, or any type of technical content.



- Free Icons & Images

  - [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/) - Beautiful, free images and photos that you can download and use for any project.

  - [Illustrations | Popsy](https://popsy.co/illustrations) - Free vector illustrations for Notion and Popsy websites.

  - [KindPng](https://www.kindpng.com/) - Explore millions of transparent png image for personal and non-commercial use.



### Commercial



- [Confluence](https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence) - A powerful collaboration and project management software, which is widely used for enterprise documentation management.

  - [Confluence in a Docker container](https://github.com/cptactionhank/docker-atlassian-confluence) - Atlassian Confluence wrapped in a Docker image.

- [Writerside | JetBrains](https://www.jetbrains.com/writerside/) - The most powerful development environment – now adapted for writing documentation.

- [Project documentation | Slite](https://slite.com/solutions/project-documentation) - Brings your scattered project documents into one place:

from project plans, to specs and process documentation.

- [Swimm document](https://swimm.io/document) - Code documentation for developer productivity, including AI support to improve readability.

- [Kapa.ai](https://kapa.ai/) - Generate an LLM-powered chatbot that answers developer questions automatically and helps you find gaps in your docs.



## More Topics



### Comunities



- [Write the Docs](https://www.writethedocs.org/) - A global community of people who care about documentation.

- [The Good Docs Project](https://gitlab.com/tgdp) - Educates and empowers people to create high-quality documentation.

- [Technical Writing | Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/technicalwriting/) - For people who take the unbelievably complicated things that scientists and engineers devise and make it understandable for non-technical people.



### Examples



- [Beautiful Docs](https://github.com/matheusfelipeog/beautiful-docs.git) - Pointers to useful, well-written, and otherwise beautiful documentation.

- [Awesome Open Source Documents](https://github.com/44bits/awesome-opensource-documents) - A curated list of awesome open source or open source licensed documents, guides, books.

- [Awesome Documentation | vipulgupta2048](https://github.com/vipulgupta2048/awesome-documentation) - A curated list of awesome real-life documentation examples.

- [9 Great API and Developer Documentation Examples](https://everydeveloper.com/developer-documentation-examples/) - Cover common areas of documentation, plus some areas you might not typically see called docs.



### Formats



- Converters

  - [Pandoc](https://pandoc.org/) - A universal document converter, which can convert files from one markup format into another.

  - [Mammoth](https://github.com/mwilliamson/mammoth.js) - Convert Word documents (.docx files) to HTML.

- [Markdown](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Markdown) - A lightweight markup language for creating formatted text using a plain-text editor.

  - [MarkText](https://github.com/marktext/marktext) - A simple and elegant markdown editor, available for Linux, macOS and Windows.

  - [Glow](https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow) - A terminal based markdown reader, which can be used to read documentation directly on the command line.

- [AsciiDoc](https://asciidoc.org) - A plain text markup language for writing technical content.

  - [Asciidoctor](https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor) - A fast, open source, Ruby-based text processor for parsing AsciiDoc and converting it to output formats such as HTML 5, DocBook 5, manual pages, PDF, EPUB 3, and other formats.

  - [Antora](https://gitlab.com/antora/antora) - A modular documentation site generator that helps you organize and publish content written in AsciiDoc to the web.

- [reStructuredText](https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/index.html) - The default plaintext markup language used by Sphinx.

- [DocBook](https://docbook.org/) - An XML schema for writing books and manuals about technical subjects.

- [LaTeX](https://www.latex-project.org/) - A document preparation system.



### Guidelines



- [Style Guides](https://www.writethedocs.org/guide/writing/style-guides/) - Collections of style guides from Write the Docs community.

- [Google developer documentation style guide](https://developers.google.com/style/highlights) - Provides editorial guidelines for writing clear and consistent Google-related developer documentation.

- [Microsoft Writing Style Guide](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/welcome/) - If you write about computer technology, this guide is for you.

- [Editorial guidelines for Apple](https://support.apple.com/guide/applestyleguide/welcome/web) - Provides guidelines to help maintain a consistent voice in Apple materials, including documentation.

- [GitHub Docs Style guide](https://docs.github.com/en/contributing/style-guide-and-content-model/style-guide) - Make sure GitHub's documentation stays consistent and follows clear patterns that our readers can understand.

- [Red Hat Technical Writing Style Guide](https://stylepedia.net/style/) - Includes everyday punctuation and grammar, common mistakes to avoid, strategies for translation and global audiences, and a word usage dictionary.

- [How to Write Good Documentation | UC Berkeley](https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/how-to-write-good-documentation) - Help you to prepare your code for publishing through writing a good documentation.

- [Series: Writing Great Documentation](https://jacobian.org/series/great-documentation/) - A series of articles laying out the tools, tips, and techniques author learned over the years he've spent helping to write Django's docs.

- [Command Line Interface Guidelines](https://clig.dev/) - An open-source guide covering CLI help text and documentation.



### Books



- [Docs for Developers: An Engineer's Field Guide to Technical Writing](https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/docs-for-developers/9781484272176/) - Teaches you the craft of documentation for each step in the software development lifecycle.

- [Technical Documentation and Process](https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/technical-documentation-and/9781439861608/) - Provide the background and structure to help you document your projects more effectively.

- [Crafting Docs for Success : An End-to-End Approach to Developer Documentation](https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/crafting-docs-for/9781484295946/) - Provide an easy to follow blueprint for building successful developer documentation by using the award winning platformOS developer portal as inspiration.

- [Docs-as-Ecosystem: The Community Approach to Engineering Documentation](https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/docs-as-ecosystem-the-community/9781484293287/) - Teaches readers how mastering the docs-as-code ecosystem empowers communities to understand better their favorite products and Open-Source (OSS) technologies better.

- [Documenting Software Architectures: Views and Beyond, Second Edition](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/documenting-software-architectures/9780132488617/) - Provides the most complete and current guidance, independent of language or notation, on how to capture an architecture in a commonly understandable form.

- [Communication Patterns](https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/communication-patterns/9781098140533/) - Shows you how to create documentation and diagrams that actually get the message across to the different audiences you'll face.

- [Living Documentation: Continuous Knowledge Sharing by Design, First Edition](https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/living-documentation-continuous/9780134689418/) - Use an Approach Inspired by Domain-Driven Design to Build Documentation That Evolves to Maximize Value Throughout Your Development Lifecycle.

- [Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning, Second Edition](https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/communicating-design-developing/9780131385399/) - Shows you how to make the documentation you're required to provide into the most efficient communications tool possible.

- [Information Development: Managing Your Documentation Projects, Portfolio, and People](https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/information-development-managing/9780471777113/) - A completely new look at best practices for all phases of the document development lifecycle.



### Courses



- [Technical Writing Courses for Engineers](https://developers.google.com/tech-writing) - This collection of courses and learning resources from Google aims to improve your technical documentation.

- [Technical Writer HQ](https://technicalwriterhq.com/) - Hosts popular certification courses covering different aspects of technical writing in an applicable way.



### DocOps



- [DocOps Collection](https://doctoolhub.com/collection/docops/) - These articles offer an introduction to the concept of DocOps.

- [What is DocOps, anyway?](https://www.writethedocs.org/guide/doc-ops/) - Awesome article from Write the Docs community.

- [Docs as Code](https://www.writethedocs.org/guide/docs-as-code/) - Awesome article from Write the Docs community.

- [DocOps Lab](https://github.com/DocOps) - A platform for collaboratively developing and exploring docs-as-code infrastructure, automation, workflows, etc.

- [What is Continuous Documentation? The manifesto](https://swimm.io/blog/what-is-continuous-documentation-manifesto-part-1)

- [Shifting to Continuous Documentation as a New Approach for Code Knowledge](https://www.infoq.com/articles/continuous-documentation/)



### Localization



- [Localize the Docs](https://www.writethedocs.org/videos/portland/2019/localize-the-docs-paul-wallace/) - Awesome video from Write the Docs community.

- [Found in Translation: Lessons from a Year of Open Source Localization](https://www.writethedocs.org/videos/prague/2019/found-in-translation-lessons-from-a-year-of-open-source-localization-zachary-sarah-corleissen/) - Awesome video from Write the Docs community.



### Accessibility



- [Documents Accessibility - The Definitive Guide](https://www.accessibilitychecker.org/guides/document-accessibility/) - How to make your documents meet accessibility standards.

- [Website Accessibility Checker](https://www.accessibilitychecker.org/) - Scan your website for free, identify accessbility issues, and get exact instructions on how to fix them.

- [Color Contrast Checker](https://www.accessibilitychecker.org/color-contrast-checker/) - Find out whether your site meets WCAG color requirements.

- [WebAIM](https://webaim.org/) - Web accessibility in mind.

- [Pa11y](https://github.com/pa11y/pa11y) - Runs accessibility tests on your doc pages via the command line or Node.js.

- [Create accessible documents | UW Madison](https://it.wisc.edu/learn/make-it-accessible/create-accessible-documents/) - Follow these basic steps to increase the accessibility of your Word, HTML, PowerPoint and PDF documents.



### SEO



- [How to do search engine optimization (SEO) for documentation projects](https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/guides/technical-docs-seo-guide.html) - Explains how documentation can be optimized to appear in search results, ultimately increasing traffic to your docs.

- [Search engine optimization (SEO) for documentation](https://www.writethedocs.org/guide/seo/) - SEO guide from Write the Docs community.

- [Five ways to improve SEO of your technical documentation and OpenAPI references](https://www.doctave.com/blog/improve-seo-technical-documentation-and-openapi) - Five ways to improve the search engine rankings of your technical docs and OpenAPI specification.

- [Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Starter Guide | Google](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/seo-starter-guide) - Provides the best practices to make it easier for search engines (not just Google) to crawl, index, and understand your content.

- [Search engine optimization (SEO) | Docusaurus](https://docusaurus.io/docs/next/seo) - Show how Docusaurus as documentation site builder supports SEO in a variety of ways.



## Contributing



Please feel invited to do any [contribution](CONTRIBUTING.md).