Documentation Tool Python Packages

sphinx

The Sphinx documentation generator

pdoc

API Documentation for Python Projects

mike

Manage multiple versions of your MkDocs-powered documentation via Git

pydoclint

A very fast Python docstring linter

eralchemy

Entity Relation Diagrams generation tool

pdoc3

🐍 ➡️ 📜 Auto-generate API docs for Python projects

sphinx-press-theme

A Sphinx-doc theme based on Vuepress

pydoc-markdown

Create Python API documentation in Markdown format.

nbdev

Create delightful software with Jupyter Notebooks

coverxygen

Generate doxygen's documentation coverage report

sphinxawesome-theme

Create beautiful and awesome websites with the Sphinx documentation generator.

custom-inherit

A Python package that provides tools for inheriting docstrings in customizable ways.

mermaidx

Python-native Mermaid diagram converter – no browser, Node.js, or npm required. Renders diagrams to SVG/PNG/PDF using an embedded QuickJS engine and resvg, perfect for documentation automation and CI/CD pipelines.

docguard-cli

Audit and enforce canonical project documentation for AI-assisted development. Detect drift, validate specs, and brief agents. Part of the Guard family with TestGuard and WebSec Validator.

flake8-rst

Run flake8 checks on code in *.rst files or in docstrings

jdocmunch-mcp

The leading, most token-efficient MCP server for documentation exploration and retrieval via structured section indexing

ford

Automatically generates FORtran Documentation from comments within the code.

cminx

Generates API documentation for CMake functions and macros

docblock

Parse C++ documentation blocks using Python.

mkdocs-dracula-theme

🧛🏻‍♂️ Dark theme for Mkdocs

sphinxawesome-codelinter

A Sphinx extension to check code blocks with external tools

doc2dash

Create docsets for Dash.app-compatible API browsers.

epythet

Tools for documentation and packaging

mdoctest

doctest for Markdown, in any language. Run the console sessions & code in your docs and verify (or --fix) their output. Zero deps; pre-commit hook + GitHub Action.