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Dev tools · January 25, 2021

Pdoc, a lightweight Python API documentation generator

pdoc is a simple tool to auto-generate API documentation for Python libraries. It uses your existing docstrings and requires no configuration.

Pdoc, a lightweight Python API documentation generator launched on January 25, 2021 with 45 votes, #885 of 3,157 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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In plain words

Pdoc is a lightweight Python API documentation generator that creates documentation from Python code. It is designed for developers who need to generate API docs quickly without heavy dependencies. The tool stands out for its minimal footprint and straightforward approach to converting Python modules into readable documentation.

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From the sources

pdoc auto-generates API documentation that follows your project's Python module hierarchy. It requires no configuration, has first-class support for type annotations, cross-links between identifiers, comes with an integrated live-reloading web server, and understands numpydoc or Google-stylefrom pdoc.dev

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