Auto-generate API documentation for Python 3+ projects.
Installation
$ pip install pdoc3
Usage
Pdoc will accept a Python module file, package directory or an import path.
$ pdoc your_project
See pdoc --help for more command-line switches and the documentation
for more usage examples.
Features
- Simple usage. Generate sensible API (+ prose) documentation without any special configuration.
- Support for common docstrings formats (Markdown, numpydoc, Google-style docstrings), LaTeX math, and some reST directives.
- Support for PEP 484 and PEP 526 type annotations.
- pdoc respects
__all__when present. - Docstrings for overridden class members are inherited if unspecified.
- Support for documenting module, class, and instance variables by traversing ASTs.
- Automatic cross-linking of referenced identifiers.
- Overriding docstrings generation with special module-level
__pdoc__dictionary. - Easily extended and customized templates.
- Built-in development web server for near-instant preview of rendered docstrings.
The above features are explained in more detail in pdoc's documentation (generated with pdoc).
Development
Check CONTRIBUTING.md for hacking details.