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  5. Docsify vs ESDoc

Docsify vs ESDoc

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Overview

Docsify
Docsify
Stacks37
Followers136
Votes0
ESDoc
ESDoc
Stacks37
Followers22
Votes0

Docsify vs ESDoc: What are the differences?

Docsify: A documentation site generator without the static html files. Docsify generates your documentation website on the fly without generating static html files. Instead, it loads and parses your Markdown files and displays them as a website; ESDoc: Used to generate the documentation of JavaScript projects. It obtains a comment called doc comment from a source code. Then it generates a document from a tag in a doc comment.

Docsify and ESDoc can be primarily classified as "Documentation as a Service &" tools.

Some of the features offered by Docsify are:

  • No statically built html files
  • Simple and lightweight (~18kB gzipped)
  • Smart full-text search plugin

On the other hand, ESDoc provides the following key features:

  • Generates good documentation
  • Measures documentation coverage
  • Integrate test codes into documentation

Docsify is an open source tool with 11K GitHub stars and 2.28K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Docsify's open source repository on GitHub.

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Detailed Comparison

Docsify
Docsify
ESDoc
ESDoc

Docsify generates your documentation website on the fly without generating static html files. Instead, it loads and parses your Markdown files and displays them as a website.

It obtains a comment called doc comment from a source code. Then it generates a document from a tag in a doc comment

No statically built html files;Simple and lightweight (~18kB gzipped);Smart full-text search plugin;Multiple themes;Useful plugin API;Emoji support;Compatible with IE10+;Supports SSR
Generates good documentation; Measures documentation coverage; Integrate test codes into documentation; Integrate manual into documentation; Parse ECMAScript proposals; Add custom features by plugin architecture; ESDoc Hosting Service
Statistics
Stacks
37
Stacks
37
Followers
136
Followers
22
Votes
0
Votes
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GitHub
GitHub
Sandbox
Sandbox
OutSystems
OutSystems
rest-hapi
rest-hapi
MailSlurp
MailSlurp
Apache OpenWhisk
Apache OpenWhisk
SQueaLy
SQueaLy

What are some alternatives to Docsify, ESDoc?

Postman

Postman

It is the only complete API development environment, used by nearly five million developers and more than 100,000 companies worldwide.

Swagger UI

Swagger UI

Swagger UI is a dependency-free collection of HTML, Javascript, and CSS assets that dynamically generate beautiful documentation and sandbox from a Swagger-compliant API

Apiary

Apiary

It takes more than a simple HTML page to thrill your API users. The right tools take weeks of development. Weeks that apiary.io saves.

ReadMe.io

ReadMe.io

It is an easy-to-use tool to help you build out documentation! Each documentation site that you publish is a project where there is space for documentation, interactive API reference guides, a changelog, and much more.

Docusaurus

Docusaurus

Docusaurus is a project for easily building, deploying, and maintaining open source project websites.

Read the Docs

Read the Docs

It hosts documentation, making it fully searchable and easy to find. You can import your docs using any major version control system, including Mercurial, Git, Subversion, and Bazaar.

Gelato.io

Gelato.io

Gelato.io is a SaaS tool for creating API documentation and developer portals.

MireDot

MireDot

Generate REST documentation directly from your Java source code. This ensures always up-to-date and accurate documentation with minimal effort.

Gitbook

Gitbook

It is a modern documentation platform where teams can document everything from products, to APIs and internal knowledge-bases. It is a place to think and track ideas for you & your team.

Slate

Slate

Slate helps you create beautiful API documentation. Think of it as an intelligent, responsive documentation template for your API.

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