Docstring Python Packages

docformatter

Formats docstrings to follow PEP 257

pdoc

API Documentation for Python Projects

pydoclint

A very fast Python docstring linter

pdoc3

🐍 ➡️ 📜 Auto-generate API docs for Python projects

lazydocs

📖 Generate markdown API documentation from Google-style Python docstring. The lazy alternative to Sphinx.

docsig

Check Python signature params for proper documentation

numdoclint

Numdoc Lint provides features such as NumPy style docstring code checking.

epythet

Tools for documentation and packaging

pydocstring-rs

A zero-dependency Rust parser for Python docstrings (Google & NumPy) — full AST with byte-precise source locations, built for linters and formatters.

doq

Docstring generator

sl-docformatter

Formats docstrings to follow PEP 257

glacier

:snowflake: Building Python CLI using docstrings and typehints :snake:

mydocstring

A tool for extracting and converting Google-style docstrings to plain-text, Markdown, and JSON

cacaodocs

CacaoDocs is a lightweight Python package that effortlessly extracts API documentation directly from your code's docstrings

mkgendocs

Markdown documentation generator from Google docstrings

agent-readable

A lightweight Python protocol and tool for agent-oriented documentation

behave-comments

Parse doc strings, extract metadata from comments, and declare lifecycle hooks in Behave .feature files. Supports JSON, YAML, XML, CSV, and more.

stubdoc

stubdoc is a Python library that append docstring to stub files.

pygenstub

A utility for generating stub files from docstrings in Python source files.

doccron

Schedule with Docstrings

docstringify

Flag missing docstrings and, optionally, generate them from signatures and type annotations.

optfunc2

Generate help tips and argument options automatically.

mikedoc

Neat docstring format for building API references

style-doc

Black for Python docstrings and reStructuredText (rst).