# Doxygen

Documentation generator that builds reference documentation from annotated source code in C++, C, Python, PHP and other languages.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/doxygen/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-23
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-23

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.doxygen.nl/
- repository: https://github.com/doxygen/doxygen
- docs: https://www.doxygen.nl/manual/index.html
- x: https://twitter.com/doxygen

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Dimitri van Heesch
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2000
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: unknown
- language: cpp
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: compile from source with CMake

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-13

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 6599
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 308
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 18
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.doxygen.nl/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/doxygen/doxygen (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://www.doxygen.nl/manual/index.html (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://www.doxygen.nl/license.html (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/doxygen/doxygen (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://www.doxygen.nl/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://www.doxygen.nl/manual/install.html (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://www.doxygen.nl/manual/install.html (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://www.doxygen.nl/manual/install.html (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://www.doxygen.nl/manual/starting.html (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/doxygen/doxygen/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/doxygen/doxygen (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://www.doxygen.nl/ (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/doxygen/doxygen/tags (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/doxygen/doxygen/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/doxygen/doxygen/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/doxygen/doxygen (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/doxygen/doxygen/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Doxygen builds reference documentation from the comments in source code. Its own pages list C++, C, Python, PHP and others as inputs, and HTML, LaTeX for PDF, RTF, XML, man pages and DocBook as outputs. A configuration file controls each run, and `doxygen -g` writes a template for it.

The program is called from the command line, so it runs on a developer's machine or in a build step rather than on a live site. The [installation page](https://www.doxygen.nl/manual/install.html) describes building it from source with CMake or installing the binaries. The license page names Dimitri van Heesch as the copyright holder.

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