Codedoc is a general-purpose utility which scans HTML, markdown, C, and C source files to produce EPUB, HTML, and man page documentation that can be read by humans. Unlike popular C/C documentation generators like Doxygen or Javadoc, Codedoc uses in-line comments rather than comment headers, allowing for more "natural" code documentation. Additional markdown documentation content can be included to make the generated documentation even more useful and complete.

Codedoc was originally bundled with the Mini-XML library as the mxmldoc utility.

Codedoc comes with the usual configure script and makefile that will work on most Linux/UNIX systems and macOS. Prerequisites include ZLIB 1.1 or later and Mini-XML 4.x.

Run the following commands to build the software:

./configure
make

The default install prefix is /usr/local, which can be overridden using the --prefix option:

./configure --prefix=/some/other/directory
make

To install the software, run:

sudo make install

The codedoc man page provides documentation on how to use it. Further documentation can be found in the file "DOCUMENTATION.md" and the generated "codedoc.html" file.

The codedoc project page provides access to the Github issue tracking page:

https://www.msweet.org/codedoc

Copyright © 2003-2024 by Michael R Sweet

Codedoc is licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0. See the files "LICENSE" and "NOTICE" for more information.