Dev-Docs – A tool that helps you document as you code
Hi all, Super excited to share that I am building Dev-Docs, and I wanted to create a post to get other developers' thoughts. Background: Developers know how important it is to document their codebases, but often, it's an afterthought that ends up taking a lot of time and effort. That's where Dev-Docs comes in - a solution that helps developers document as they code, making the process easier and more efficient. Features: Dev-Docs handles both internal documentation for teams and external documentation around APIs and codebases for customers and partners. Internal Documentation: Dev-Docs…
Dev-Docs – A tool that helps you document as you code launched on February 1, 2023 with 24 votes, #1,277 of 3,829 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
In plain words
Dev-Docs is a tool that helps developers create internal team documentation and external API documentation directly within their code editor. Rather than treating documentation as a separate task, it integrates the process into coding workflows, allowing engineers to document code in real-time without switching between applications. The tool serves both development teams needing internal knowledge sharing and organizations requiring customer-facing documentation for their APIs and codebases.
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From the sources
Welcome to "dev-docs", we help you leverage AI to generate documentation on your codebases. This guide will help you get started with the Dev-Docs VS Code Extension, a powerful tool for creating and managing documentation for your codebase. The extension uses a dev-docs.json file in your project root to customize its behavior. This file allows you to: For more detailed information on these features and advanced usage, please refer to the full documentation on the Dev-Docs websitefrom marketplace.visualstudio.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi all, Super excited to share that I am building Dev-Docs, and I wanted to create a post to get other developers' thoughts. Background: Developers know how important it is to document their codebases, but often, it's an afterthought that ends up taking a lot of time and effort. That's where Dev-Docs comes in - a…
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