Doxygen

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Doxygen is an open-source documentation generator that creates reference documentation from annotated source code and supports languages including C++, C#, PHP, Java, Python, IDL, Fortran, and D.

It extracts documentation from specially formatted comments, generates output in HTML, PDF, LaTeX, RTF, and man page formats, creates dependency and collaboration diagrams through Graphviz integration, and can generate documentation from undocumented source code by analyzing program structure.

According to our data, Doxygen ranks 28th among the static site generators we track.
It has 0.1% of the static site generator market share and is present on 0.001% of all websites.

πŸ’Έ Pricing

Doxygen is available for free.

Free βœ”οΈ Open source

πŸ“Š Rankings and Market Share

⚑ Sites Built With Doxygen

We have data on 32 websites that use the Doxygen static site generator. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Doxygen is flecs.dev.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 flecs.dev #679,575 American English
2 userver.tech #711,733 Russia American English
3 drmemory.org #727,787 English
4 arrayfire.org #812,226 American English
5 recastnav.com #814,942 United States American English
6 doxygen.nl #930,440 Netherlands English
7 jdftx.org #1,565,681 English
8 dynamorio.org #3,794,707 English
9 dev.pencil2d.org American English
10 docs.juce.com American English
11 doc.budagov.ru Russia Russian
12 memory.foonathan.net English
13 docs.editorconfig.org English
14 doc.semantic-mediawiki.org Germany English
15 download.supertuxkart.net Germany English
16 visualizationlibrary.org United Kingdom English
17 trinitycore.net United States American English
18 jemris.org Germany American English
19 doxygen.kannel.org Germany English
20 mruby.davidsiaw.net English

πŸ“ˆ Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Doxygen:

Most of the sites using Doxygen are from Germany, the United States, and Russia.

  • Germany 33.3%
  • United States 33.3%
  • Russia 13.3%
  • France 6.7%
  • Netherlands 6.7%
  • United Kingdom 6.7%

Most Doxygen users speak English or Russian.

  • English 96.9%
  • Russian 3.1%

The Doxygen static site generator is especially popular on .org, .com, and .net top-level domains.

  • .org 40.6%
  • .com 18.8%
  • .net 18.8%
  • .dev 9.4%
  • .nl 3.1%
  • .io 3.1%
  • .ru 3.1%
  • .tech 3.1%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Doxygen include software and hardware.

  • Software/Hardware 3.1%
  • Unknown 96.9%

πŸ”’ Doxygen Versions

The most widespread version of Doxygen is 1.9, used by 43.8% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 25% of sites use Doxygen 1.8, and 6.3% use Doxygen 1.15.

  • 1.9 43.8%
  • 1.8 25%
  • 1.15 6.3%
  • 1.16 6.3%
  • 1.17 6.3%
  • 1.10 3.1%
  • 1.13 3.1%
  • 1.14 3.1%
  • 1.18 3.1%

πŸ•΅οΈ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Doxygen alternatives.

RankName
8
Sphinx
Germany

An open-source documentation generator originally created for the Python ecosystem that converts reStructuredText and Markdown sources into structured technical documentation.

FreeOpen source
24
DocFX
Redmond, Washington, United States

An open-source static site generator for .NET API documentation that builds developer documentation websites from source code comments and Markdown files.

FreeOpen source
32
JSDoc
United Kingdom

An API documentation generator for JavaScript that generates HTML documentation from source code, similar to Javadoc or phpDocumentor.

FreeOpen source
33
Javadoc
Austin, Texas, United States

A tool for generating API documentation in HTML format from doc comments in Java source code.

Free
34
TypeDoc
Germany

A documentation generator for TypeScript projects that converts source-code comments into HTML documentation.

FreeOpen source

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πŸ’¬ Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Doxygen from?

Doxygen is from Eindhoven, Netherlands.

Is Doxygen free?

Yes, it is a free static site generator.
Moreover, it is an open-source solution, and you can find its source code on GitHub.

Which country uses Doxygen the most?

The majority of Doxygen users are from Germany.

Who uses Doxygen?

According to our data, Doxygen is used on at least 32 sites, including such established ones as flecs.dev, userver.tech, and drmemory.org.

What are the alternatives to Doxygen?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Doxygen may include Javadoc, TypeDoc, and JSDoc.

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