Asciidoctor
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| Fact | Asciidoctor | ExDoc |
|---|---|---|
| Build integrations | The project provides plugins that integrate Asciidoctor with Apache Maven, Gradle and Javadoc builds. | ExDoc can be used with Mix, Rebar, or from the command line. |
| Integrations | The project ecosystem includes Maven and Gradle plugins, browser extensions, an IntelliJ plugin, and tools such as Asciidoctor Diagram. | ExDoc can be used with Mix, Rebar3, or through its command line interface. |
| Intended users | The project describes its toolchain as serving people who write and publish AsciiDoc content across platforms and runtimes. | The project describes ExDoc as a tool for generating documentation for Erlang and Elixir projects. |
| License | The processor is open source software available under the MIT license. | ExDoc source code is released under the Apache 2 License, while generated contents may have different licenses based on rendering components. |
| Output formats | The core processor includes HTML 5, DocBook 5 and man page converters; PDF and EPUB 3 converters are provided separately. | It can generate offline accessible HTML, Markdown including llms.txt, and EPUB documents from API documentation. |
| Purpose | Asciidoctor parses AsciiDoc source and converts it into publishable formats such as HTML 5 and PDF. | ExDoc generates documentation for Erlang and Elixir projects. |
| Requirements | The documented Ruby implementations are CRuby 2.3–3.3, JRuby 9.1–9.4, and TruffleRuby (GraalVM). | The Mix setup requires Elixir v1.15 or later; the README describes Rebar3 use from Erlang/OTP 24 onward. |
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Pick Asciidoctor if…
Asciidoctor suits writers and developers publishing AsciiDoc across different formats and runtimes. Its command-line, API, and build-tool integrations also fit documentation workflows that use Ruby, Java, or JavaScript.
Pick ExDoc if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.