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doctree

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

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.

Identity

Status
Discontinued1
First release
20223

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Dev only, Always on2
Rendering
On a server2
Install with
binary download2

Releases

Last release
2022-06-284

Adoption

GitHub stars
8791
Contributors
85

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-10-23: Status, links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/sourcegraph/doctree
  2. 2026-10-23: links, Runtime, Rendering, License model, Install with, Runs as
    github.com/sourcegraph/doctree/blob/main/README.md
  3. 2026-10-23: First release
    api.github.com/repos/sourcegraph/doctree/releases
  4. 2026-10-23: Last release
    api.github.com/repos/sourcegraph/doctree/releases/latest
  5. 2026-10-23: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/sourcegraph/doctree/contributors

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