# Dokka

API documentation engine for Kotlin that also documents Java sources, producing HTML, Javadoc and Markdown output.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://kotl.in/dokka
- repository: https://github.com/Kotlin/dokka
- docs: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/dokka-introduction.html

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: JetBrains
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2015
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: unknown
- language: kotlin
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: Gradle plugin

### License

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

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-03-26

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 3816
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 148
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://kotl.in/dokka (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/Kotlin/dokka (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kotlin/dokka/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kotlin/dokka/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kotlin/dokka/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kotlin/dokka/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/dokka-get-started.html (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/dokka-maven.html (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/dokka-cli.html (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kotlin/dokka/master/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kotlin/dokka/master/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/Kotlin/dokka/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/Kotlin/dokka/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/Kotlin/dokka/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/Kotlin/dokka (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/Kotlin/dokka/contributors (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

Dokka is an API documentation engine for Kotlin. It reads Kotlin's KDoc comments and Java's Javadoc comments, so mixed-language projects can be documented in one build. It writes its own HTML format, Javadoc HTML and several flavors of Markdown.

It runs as a Gradle plugin, a Maven plugin or a command line runner, and the [documentation on kotlinlang.org](https://kotlinlang.org/docs/dokka-introduction.html) covers all three. With Gradle, a task writes the generated documentation into a build directory.

JetBrains maintains Dokka under the Apache License 2.0.

## Worth knowing

The README badges Dokka as Kotlin Beta.

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