# doctree

Library documentation tool that indexes Go, Python and Zig source code and serves it over HTTP on localhost.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/doctree/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-23
Listed since: 2026-10-23

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/sourcegraph/doctree
- docs: https://github.com/sourcegraph/doctree/blob/main/README.md
- discord: https://discord.gg/vqsBW8m5Y8

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: unknown
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2022
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: unknown
- hosting: binary
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local, always-on
- renderingModes: server
- installMethod: binary download

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: unknown
- latestReleaseDate: 2022-06-28

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 879
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 8
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- status: https://api.github.com/repos/sourcegraph/doctree (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/sourcegraph/doctree (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://github.com/sourcegraph/doctree/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/sourcegraph/doctree (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://github.com/sourcegraph/doctree/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://github.com/sourcegraph/doctree/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/sourcegraph/doctree (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/sourcegraph/doctree/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/sourcegraph/doctree/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/sourcegraph/doctree/releases/latest (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/sourcegraph/doctree (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/sourcegraph/doctree/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/sourcegraph/doctree/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/sourcegraph/doctree/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://github.com/sourcegraph/doctree/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://github.com/sourcegraph/doctree/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

doctree is a Go program that indexes library source code and serves the documentation over HTTP. It is a single binary that the README says is designed to run on a local machine and can be self-hosted, and it is also available as a Docker image. Its README lists support for Go, Python and Zig source code and for Markdown files.

## Worth knowing

The GitHub repository is archived. The README describes the project as experimental and not yet ready for production use.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0