# phpDocumentor

Documentation generator that reads PHP source code and DocBlock comments and produces API documentation.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/phpdocumentor/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-21
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-21

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.phpdoc.org
- repository: https://github.com/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor
- docs: https://docs.phpdoc.org/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Mike van Riel
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: unknown
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.1
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: phive

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-05-13

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 4349
- packagistDownloads: 3172755
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 209
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 14041
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 16161
- dependentPackages: 1362

### Sources

- urls: https://www.phpdoc.org (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://github.com/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- maintainer: https://github.com/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-21)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-21)
- category: https://github.com/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- renderingModes: https://docs.phpdoc.org/guide/getting-started/generating-documentation.html (read 2026-10-21)
- templating: https://docs.phpdoc.org/guide/features/theming/index.html (read 2026-10-21)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor (read 2026-10-21)
- runtime: https://github.com/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- installMethod: https://github.com/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- installMethod: https://github.com/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- installMethod: https://github.com/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- installMethod: https://github.com/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- runsAs: https://www.phpdoc.org (read 2026-10-21)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor (read 2026-10-21)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-21)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor/releases/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor/releases/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor (read 2026-10-21)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/phpDocumentor/phpDocumentor/contributors (read 2026-10-21)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/phpdocumentor/phpdocumentor.json (read 2026-10-21)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/phpdocumentor/phpdocumentor.json (read 2026-10-21)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/phpdocumentor%2Fphpdocumentor (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/phpdocumentor%2Fphpdocumentor (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/phpdocumentor/phpdocumentor/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

phpDocumentor is a documentation generator for PHP projects. It analyzes PHP source code and its DocBlock comments, then writes a website of API documentation to a folder, using Twig templates. It can also draw UML class diagrams with PlantUML or GraphViz, and it reads reStructuredText and Markdown.

It runs as a command-line tool on a developer's machine or in a CI pipeline.

## Worth knowing

The docs state that the Twig templates are not covered by Semantic Versioning. The README says the project does not endorse or actively support installing through Composer.

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