Global Documentation Tools Usage Statistics and Market Share - YUI Doc, Docusaurus, Sphinx, MkDocs, GitBook, Zendesk, TiddlyWiki, Doxygen...
We are tracking usage statistics and market share of 20 web technologies in Documentation Tools. In August 2022 the most popular web technology in Documentation Tools is YUI Doc with 32% market share. In second place there is Docusaurus with 25% market share. After that there are Sphinx with 17%, MkDocs with 6% and GitBook with 6% market share. Top 5 web technologies together have 86% market share. The remaining 15 web technologies in Documentation Tools have a combined market share of 14%.
About Documentation Tools
Documentation Tools are tools designed to automatically generate static documentation websites from source code.
We are tracking 20 different technologies in Documentation Tools.
There are 5,125 websites using Documentation Tools in out database.
Documentation Tools Usage Statistics and Market Share in August 2022
#1 YUI Doc 
32.38%
#2 Docusaurus 
24.67%
#3 Sphinx 
16.68%
#4 MkDocs 
8.27%
#5 GitBook 
6.03%
#6 Zendesk 
3.65%
#7 TiddlyWiki 
2.18%
#8 Doxygen 
1.91%
#9 Wiki.js 
1.91%
#10 Adobe RoboHelp 
1.03%
#11 ReDoc 
0.31%
#12 Intercom Articles 
0.20%
#13 DocFX 
0.18%
#14 Support Hero 
0.18%
#15 Apigee 
0.16%
#16 Asciidoctor 
0.14%
#17 HelpDocs 
0.06%
#18 SolidPixels 
0.04%
#19 phpDocumentor 
0.02%
#20 RDoc 
0.02%
Technologies in Documentation Tools
YUI Doc
UIDoc is a Node.js application used at build time to generate API documentation.
Docusaurus
Docusaurus is a tool for teams to publish documentation websites.
Sphinx
Sphinx is a tool that makes it easy to create documentation.
MkDocs
MkDocs is a static site generator, used for building project documentation.
GitBook
GitBook is a command-line tool for creating documentation using Git and Markdown.
Zendesk
Zendesk is a cloud-based help desk management solution offering customizable tools to build customer service portal, knowledge base and online communities.
TiddlyWiki
TiddlyWiki is an open-source notebook for capturing, organising and sharing complex information.
Doxygen
Doxygen is a documentation generator, a tool for writing software reference documentation.
Wiki.js
Wiki.js is a wiki engine running on Node.js and written in JavaScript.
Adobe RoboHelp
Adobe RoboHelp is a Help Authoring Tool (HAT) that allows you to create help systems, e-learning content and knowledge bases.
ReDoc
Redoc is an open-source tool that generates API documentation from OpenAPI specifications.
Intercom Articles
Intercom Articles is a tool to create, organise and publish help articles.
DocFX
DocFX is a tool for building and publishing API documentation for .NET projects.
Support Hero
Support Hero is a knowledge base solution to reduce inbound support requests.
Apigee
Apigee is an API gateway management tool to exchange data across cloud services and applications
Asciidoctor
Asciidoctor is an open-source text processor and publishing toolchain, written in Ruby, for converting AsciiDoc content to HTML 5, DocBook 5, and other formats.
HelpDocs
HelpDocs is an knowledge management system.
SolidPixels
Solidpixels is platform to build websites.
phpDocumentor
phpDocumentor is an open-source documentation generator written in PHP.
RDoc
RDoc produces HTML and command-line documentation for Ruby projects.
Documentation Tools Market Share History in Last 12 Months
| Technology | September 2021 | October 2021 | November 2021 | December 2021 | January 2022 | February 2022 | March 2022 | April 2022 | May 2022 | June 2022 | July 2022 | August 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YUI Doc | 39.31% | 39.25% | 39.02% | 38.77% | 38.64% | 38.63% | 38.45% | 38.23% | 37.98% | 37.30% | 34.17% | 32.39% |
| Docusaurus | 20.16% | 20.40% | 20.43% | 20.64% | 20.71% | 20.90% | 21.01% | 21.25% | 21.48% | 22.50% | 23.80% | 24.68% |
| Sphinx | 19.38% | 19.21% | 19.21% | 19.20% | 19.14% | 19.07% | 19.03% | 18.91% | 18.80% | 18.42% | 16.88% | 16.68% |
| MkDocs | 7.12% | 7.07% | 7.18% | 7.27% | 7.33% | 7.34% | 7.38% | 7.41% | 7.49% | 7.57% | 7.73% | 8.27% |
| GitBook | 6.09% | 6.02% | 5.99% | 6.03% | 6.03% | 5.97% | 5.92% | 5.89% | 5.85% | 5.85% | 5.88% | 6.03% |
| TiddlyWiki | 2.59% | 2.58% | 2.61% | 2.56% | 2.56% | 2.53% | 2.53% | 2.52% | 2.53% | 2.48% | 2.26% | 2.19% |
| Doxygen | 2.11% | 2.10% | 2.08% | 2.08% | 2.08% | 2.05% | 2.05% | 2.07% | 2.07% | 2.03% | 1.89% | 1.91% |
| Adobe RoboHelp | 1.26% | 1.26% | 1.26% | 1.26% | 1.23% | 1.23% | 1.23% | 1.20% | 1.21% | 1.18% | 1.08% | 1.03% |
| Wiki.js | 0.96% | 1.08% | 1.19% | 1.19% | 1.26% | 1.28% | 1.39% | 1.50% | 1.59% | 1.67% | 1.81% | 1.91% |
| ReDoc | 0.32% | 0.37% | 0.37% | 0.37% | 0.37% | 0.36% | 0.39% | 0.39% | 0.39% | 0.38% | 0.35% | 0.31% |
| Intercom Articles | 0.27% | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0.23% | 0.23% | 0.23% | 0.23% | 0.23% | 0.20% | 0.20% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| Apigee | 0.21% | 0.21% | 0.21% | 0.21% | 0.21% | 0.18% | 0.18% | 0.18% | 0.18% | 0.18% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| DocFX | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.09% | 0.10% | 0.18% |
| HelpDocs | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| SolidPixels | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.04% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| RDoc | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| phpDocumentor | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% |