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26 products matching your filters. Each one described on the same fields, so two tools can be read against each other rather than against their own marketing.

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  • Adobe FrameMaker logo

    Adobe FrameMaker

    Structured and unstructured authoring for long, complex technical documents, subscription-only

    Pricing not published
    • Windows

    3 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Adobe RoboHelp logo

    Adobe RoboHelp

    Long-standing help authoring tool, now sold as an Adobe subscription rather than a perpetual licence

    Pricing not published
    • Windows
    • Web

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Antora logo

    Antora

    Static site generator that assembles versioned AsciiDoc documentation from many git repositories

    Free
    • Self-hosted
    6 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Archbee logo

    Archbee

    Hosted documentation platform for product and developer docs with a block editor and AI answers

    Pricing on request
    • Web
    7 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • BookStack logo

    BookStack

    Self-hosted documentation wiki with a fixed shelf, book, chapter and page structure

    Free
    • Web
    • Self-hosted
    9 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Bump.sh logo

    Bump.sh

    Hosted API documentation that diffs each new spec against the last and publishes a human readable changelog

    Pricing on request
    • Web
    8 integrations

    3 alternatives · 5 questions answered

  • Docsify logo

    Docsify

    Documentation site generator that renders markdown in the browser with no build step and no generated HTML

    Free
    • Web
    • Self-hosted
    6 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Doxygen logo

    Doxygen

    Free, open source documentation generator that builds reference docs from source code comments

    Free
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Fumadocs logo

    Fumadocs

    Documentation framework for Next.js that treats the docs site as an application rather than a static export

    Free
    • Web
    • macOS
    • Windows
    • +1
    9 integrations

    3 alternatives · 5 questions answered

  • GitBook logo

    GitBook

    Hosted documentation platform with Git synchronisation

    Free
    • Web
    5 integrations

    3 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Grammarly logo

    Grammarly

    Great writing, simplified

    Free plan, then $12/mo
    • Web
    • macOS
    • Windows
    • +2
    9 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Guidde logo

    Guidde

    Turns a screen recording into a narrated step by step how to video and document

    Free plan, then $19/mo
    • Web
    • Browser extension
    • Windows
    • +1
    7 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • HelpDocs logo

    HelpDocs

    Self-service help centre software priced by number of editors, not by readers

    Pricing not published
    • Web

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • MadCap Flare logo

    MadCap Flare

    Single-source technical authoring tool sold as a per-author annual subscription

    Pricing not published
    • Windows
    • Web

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • MkDocs logo

    MkDocs

    Static site generator for project documentation in Markdown

    Free
    • Web
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • +1
    5 integrations

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Nuclino logo

    Nuclino

    Fast team wiki with list, board and graph views of the same content

    Free plan, then $6/mo
    • Web
    • macOS
    • Windows
    • +2
    6 integrations

    3 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Outline logo

    Outline

    Team knowledge base under the Business Source Licence, self-hostable or vendor hosted

    Free
    • Web
    • Self-hosted
    • iOS
    • +1
    9 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Paligo logo

    Paligo

    Component content management system for technical documentation, licensed per author seat

    Pricing not published
    • Web

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Read the Docs logo

    Read the Docs

    Documentation hosting with versioning built for open source

    Free
    • Web
    5 integrations

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • ReadMe logo

    ReadMe

    Hosted developer hub priced per API project, with docs personalised from live request logs

    Free plan, then $99/mo
    • Web
    9 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Redocly logo

    Redocly

    API documentation and OpenAPI governance platform

    Pricing not published
    • Web
    • Self-hosted
    5 integrations

    3 alternatives · 3 questions answered

  • Scalar logo

    Scalar

    Open source API reference renderer and request client generated entirely from an OpenAPI document

    Free
    • Web
    • macOS
    • Windows
    • +1
    9 integrations

    3 alternatives · 5 questions answered

  • Slab logo

    Slab

    Internal knowledge base for teams, organised by topic rather than folders, with search across connected tools

    Free
    • Web
    7 integrations

    3 alternatives · 4 questions answered

  • Sphinx logo

    Sphinx

    Documentation generator built for large technical projects

    Free
    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    5 integrations

    2 alternatives · 3 questions answered

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