Best Developer Docs & API Portals Tools

Explore leading tools in the Developer Docs & API Portals category, including open-source options and SaaS products. Compare features, use cases, and find the best fit for your workflow.

10+ open-source projects · 6 SaaS products

Top open-source Developer Docs & API Portals

These projects are active, self-hostable choices for knowledge management teams evaluating alternatives to SaaS tools.

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Slidev

Markdown‑driven slides with live coding and instant preview

Stars
43,804
License
MIT
Last commit
8 days ago
TypeScriptActive
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Docsify

Magical documentation site generator from Markdown files

Stars
30,826
License
MIT
Last commit
1 day ago
JavaScriptActive
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MkDocs

Fast, simple static site generator for project documentation

Stars
21,605
License
BSD-2-Clause
Last commit
3 months ago
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Fumadocs

Build beautiful documentation websites with React.js frameworks

Stars
10,388
License
MIT
Last commit
1 day ago
TypeScriptActive
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Starlight

Create beautiful, accessible, high-performance docs sites with Astro

Stars
7,769
License
MIT
Last commit
1 day ago
TypeScriptActive
Most starred project
86,142★

Fast, flexible static site generator built with Go

Recently updated
1 day ago

A flexible React.js framework for building documentation sites with official support for Next.js, Vite, TanStack Start, Waku, and React Router.

Dominant language
TypeScript • 8 projects

Expect a strong TypeScript presence among maintained projects.

Popular SaaS Platforms to Replace

Understand the commercial incumbents teams migrate from and how many open-source alternatives exist for each product.

Annotate logo

Annotate

Code walkthrough builder for devrels, educators, and engineers

Developer Docs & API Portals
Alternatives tracked
5 alternatives
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GitBook

Documentation platform for product and developer docs

Developer Docs & API Portals
Alternatives tracked
5 alternatives
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Mintlify

Docs automation and analytics for engineering teams

Developer Docs & API Portals
Alternatives tracked
7 alternatives
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ReadMe

Interactive developer hub for API docs and metrics

Developer Docs & API Portals
Alternatives tracked
5 alternatives
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Redocly

Developer docs & API portal platform with interactive API reference, Try It console, and API registry

Developer Docs & API Portals
Alternatives tracked
5 alternatives
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Snappify

Design tool for creating shareable code visuals, slides, and videos

Developer Docs & API Portals
Alternatives tracked
5 alternatives
Most compared product
7 open-source alternatives

Mintlify automates documentation generation and analysis for codebases, offering developer-focused tools for creating, maintaining, and monitoring software documentation for engineering and product teams.

Leading hosted platforms

Frequently replaced when teams want private deployments and lower TCO.

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