Doxygen
Documentation generator that builds reference documentation from annotated source code in C++, C, Python, PHP and other languages.
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 describes building it from source with CMake or installing the binaries. The license page names Dimitri van Heesch as the copyright holder.
Identity
- Status
- Active
- Maintainer
- Dimitri van Heesch4
- Maintained by
- Individual
- First release
- 20008
Rendering and deploy
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-23: links, Categories, License model
www.doxygen.nl/ - 2026-10-23: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/doxygen/doxygen - 2026-10-23: links
www.doxygen.nl/manual/index.html - 2026-10-23: Maintainer
www.doxygen.nl/license.html - 2026-10-23: Runtime, Install with
www.doxygen.nl/manual/install.html - 2026-10-23: Runs as
www.doxygen.nl/manual/starting.html - 2026-10-23: License
raw.githubusercontent.com/doxygen/doxygen/master/LICENSE - 2026-10-23: First release
api.github.com/repos/doxygen/doxygen/tags - 2026-10-23: Current major version, Last release
api.github.com/repos/doxygen/doxygen/releases - 2026-10-23: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/doxygen/doxygen/contributors - 2026-10-25: Sites using it (HTTP Archive)
cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies