doxygen
brew install doxygen
v1.17.0
GPL-2.0-only
C++ documentation generator that parses source code and produces HTML, PDF, and other formats from embedded comments.
Why you might care
Industry standard for API documentation across C++, C, Java, Python and 20+ languages; reads specially-formatted comments directly from source and generates cross-referenced docs automatically. Essential if you maintain libraries or large codebases requiring end-user API reference. Much more powerful than javadoc-style tools for C/C++ projects.
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://www.doxygen.nl/
- Brew formula source: Formula/d/doxygen.rb
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