Documentation Tool Python Packages

sphinx

The Sphinx documentation generator

eralchemy

Entity Relation Diagrams generation tool

pdoc

API Documentation for Python Projects

mike

Manage multiple versions of your MkDocs-powered documentation via Git

pydoclint

A very fast Python docstring linter

pdoc3

🐍 ➡️ 📜 Auto-generate API documentation for Python projects

pydoc-markdown

Create Python API documentation in Markdown format.

sphinx-press-theme

A Sphinx-doc theme based on Vuepress

nbdev

Create delightful software with Jupyter Notebooks

sphinxawesome-theme

Create beautiful and awesome websites with the Sphinx documentation generator.

coverxygen

Generate doxygen's documentation coverage report

custom-inherit

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

flake8-rst

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

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.

bengal

ᓚᘏᗢ Bengal — High-performance static site generator for Python 3.14+ with parallel builds, autodoc, and content validation

nb-autodoc

Python API documentation tool supporting the modern PEPs and typing features.

mkdocs-dracula-theme

🧛🏻‍♂️ Dark theme for Mkdocs

rosettes

⌾⌾⌾ Rosettes — ReDoS-safe syntax highlighter for Python 3.14+ with free-threading.

doc2dash

Create docsets for Dash.app-compatible API browsers.

mkdocs-source-links

MkDocs plugin that rewrites `[text](../path)` inline links and `[ref]: ../path` definitions to forge view URLs during `on_page_markdown`.

mmdc

Python-native Mermaid diagram converter – no browser, Node.js, or npm required. Renders diagrams to SVG using PhantomJS via phasma, perfect for documentation automation and CI/CD pipelines.

ubermagutil

Utility package used across Ubermag.