30 alternatives · from technical documentation software

Alternatives to Dokiel

Dokiel is designed for technical writers and trainers who produce user guides, tutorials, installation guides, specifications, reference websites, and learning materials. Its reusable content fragments can supply several documents, with revisions carried through to each document that uses them. It also brings variables, conditions, profiling, skins, writing and review workflows, and XML-based content together, and publishes a single source as PDF, web, or SCORM. It is free…

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Mintlify

Mintlify is a documentation and knowledge platform for developers and AI agents.

Free planWebAPILinux

From $450 a month

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27.8

Fern

Fern Docs builds interactive documentation websites from Markdown and API specifications, while Fern also generates strongly typed client libraries.

Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinux

Free plan

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37.7

VitePress

VitePress turns Markdown content into themed static HTML pages for documentation and other content-focused websites.

Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinux

Free plan

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GitBook
GitBook is a collaborative platform for creating, reviewing, and publishing branded documentation websites.
Free planWebAPI
7.6From $65 a month
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Paligo
Paligo is a cloud-based component content management system for creating, organizing, translating, and publishing technical documentation and other knowledge content.
Free planWebAPI
7.5Free plan
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Dr.Explain
Dr.Explain is a Windows help authoring tool for producing user guides, operating instructions, help files, and manuals.
Free planWindows
7.0From $290 a year
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Jupyter Book
Jupyter Book is a free, open-source tool for turning computational material into publishable narratives.
Free planWebLinuxmacOSSelf-hosted
7.0Free plan
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Redocly
WebAPIExtension
7.0From $10 a month
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Sphinx
Sphinx is a free Python application for building technical documentation from structured text.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS
7.0Free plan
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Docsie
Free planWebAPISelf-hosted
6.8From $170 a month
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IT Glue
IT Glue is a structured documentation platform for IT service providers and IT teams.
AndroidiOSWebAPI
6.8From $29 a month
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Heretto
WebAPILinuxmacOS
6.7
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MadCap Flare
MadCap Flare is an authoring and publishing platform for technical documentation, online help, knowledge bases, policies, training materials, and API documentation.
WebWindows
6.7
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ReadMe
Free planWeb
6.7From $250 a month
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ClickHelp
ClickHelp is a cloud documentation platform for authoring, hosting and publishing technical documentation.
WebAPI
6.6From $2,328 a year
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Adobe RoboHelp
macOSWindows
6.5
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Read the Docs
Read the Docs hosts documentation for open-source projects and teams, with automatic builds, versioning, search, pull request previews, and CDN…
Web
6.5From $50 a month
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DocFX
DocFX is a free static site generator for technical documentation.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted
6.4Free plan
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Oxygen XML Author
Oxygen XML Author is a structured authoring application for XML technologies.
LinuxmacOSWindows
6.4From $28 a month
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Stoplight Elements
Free planWebSelf-hosted
6.4Free plan
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Archbee
Archbee is documentation software available on the web and for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
WebWindowsmacOSLinux
6.3From $80 a month
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Docusaurus
Docusaurus is a static-site generator for building documentation websites as React single-page applications.
Free planWebSelf-hosted
6.3Free plan
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Antora
Antora is a documentation site generator for technical writers working in AsciiDoc.
LinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows
6.2From $14,000 a year
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Help+Manual
Help+Manual is a Windows, XML-based authoring environment for producing online help and PDF user manuals from one source.
Windows
6.2€569 one-time
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Fumadocs
Fumadocs is a free, open-source React.js framework for building customizable documentation sites.
Free planWebSelf-hosted
6.1Free plan
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MkDocs
MkDocs is a free static site generator for project documentation written in Markdown and configured with a YAML file.
LinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows
6.1
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snazzyDocs
snazzyDocs is documentation software for creating and publishing user and product help content, with a workflow intended for writers without technical expertise.
Free planWebSelf-hosted
6.1Free plan
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Fluid Topics
Fluid Topics is a product knowledge platform that brings product information from multiple sources into a repository and delivers it to people, applications, and AI tools.
WebAPI
6.0
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Nextra
Nextra is a free, open-source framework for generating content-focused websites with Next.js and MDX.
WebAPISelf-hosted
6.0
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Document360
Document360 provides software for creating and managing knowledge bases and documentation for customers and employees.
WebAPIExtension
5.9
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