Global Documentation Tools Usage Statistics and Market Share
We are tracking usage statistics and market share of 20 web technologies in Documentation Tools. In March 2023 the most popular web technology in Documentation Tools is Docusaurus with 27% market share. In second place there is YUI Doc with 26% market share. After that there are Sphinx with 16%, MkDocs with 7% and GitBook with 7% market share. Top 5 web technologies together have 82% market share. The remaining 15 web technologies in Documentation Tools have a combined market share of 18%.
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 5,848 websites using Documentation Tools in out database.
Documentation Tools Usage Statistics and Market Share in March 2023
#1 Docusaurus 
27.18%
#2 YUI Doc 
25.65%
#3 Sphinx 
15.78%
#4 MkDocs 
11.10%
#5 GitBook 
6.92%
#6 Zendesk 
4.71%
#7 Wiki.js 
2.20%
#8 TiddlyWiki 
1.98%
#9 Doxygen 
1.50%
#10 Adobe RoboHelp 
0.84%
#11 Support Hero 
0.67%
#12 Asciidoctor 
0.36%
#13 DocFX 
0.34%
#14 ReDoc 
0.33%
#15 Intercom Articles 
0.17%
#16 Apigee 
0.12%
#17 HelpDocs 
0.08%
#18 SolidPixels 
0.03%
#19 phpDocumentor 
0.02%
#20 RDoc 
0.02%
Technologies in Documentation Tools
Docusaurus
Docusaurus is a tool for teams to publish documentation websites.
YUI Doc
UIDoc is a Node.js application used at build time to generate API documentation.
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.
Wiki.js
Wiki.js is a wiki engine running on Node.js and written in JavaScript.
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.
Adobe RoboHelp
Adobe RoboHelp is a Help Authoring Tool (HAT) that allows you to create help systems, e-learning content and knowledge bases.
Support Hero
Support Hero is a knowledge base solution to reduce inbound support requests.
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.
DocFX
DocFX is a tool for building and publishing API documentation for .NET projects.
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.
Apigee
Apigee is an API gateway management tool to exchange data across cloud services and applications
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 | May 2022 | June 2022 | July 2022 | August 2022 | September 2022 | October 2022 | November 2022 | December 2022 | January 2023 | February 2023 | March 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YUI Doc | 37.98% | 37.30% | 34.17% | 31.52% | 31.08% | 29.39% | 28.41% | 27.07% | 26.26% | 25.92% | 28.10% |
| Docusaurus | 21.48% | 22.50% | 23.80% | 25.17% | 25.23% | 25.86% | 26.37% | 27.23% | 27.26% | 27.19% | 29.77% |
| Sphinx | 18.80% | 18.42% | 16.88% | 16.36% | 16.25% | 15.92% | 15.65% | 15.70% | 15.72% | 15.81% | 17.29% |
| MkDocs | 7.49% | 7.57% | 7.73% | 8.70% | 9.07% | 10.08% | 10.43% | 10.67% | 10.88% | 10.91% | 12.16% |
| GitBook | 5.85% | 5.85% | 5.88% | 6.14% | 6.17% | 6.51% | 6.66% | 6.86% | 7.02% | 6.97% | 7.58% |
| TiddlyWiki | 2.53% | 2.48% | 2.26% | 2.16% | 2.12% | 2.07% | 2.10% | 2.03% | 2.01% | 1.97% | 2.17% |
| Doxygen | 2.07% | 2.03% | 1.89% | 1.86% | 1.82% | 1.72% | 1.66% | 1.56% | 1.55% | 1.52% | 1.64% |
| Wiki.js | 1.59% | 1.67% | 1.81% | 1.93% | 1.95% | 2.03% | 2.10% | 2.12% | 2.21% | 2.20% | 2.41% |
| Adobe RoboHelp | 1.21% | 1.18% | 1.08% | 1.00% | 0.99% | 0.93% | 0.90% | 0.86% | 0.86% | 0.86% | 0.92% |
| ReDoc | 0.39% | 0.38% | 0.35% | 0.30% | 0.30% | 0.30% | 0.29% | 0.30% | 0.33% | 0.33% | 0.36% |
| Intercom Articles | 0.20% | 0.20% | 0.20% | 0.21% | 0.20% | 0.19% | 0.19% | 0.18% | 0.17% | 0.17% | 0.19% |
| Apigee | 0.18% | 0.18% | 0.16% | 0.15% | 0.15% | 0.14% | 0.14% | 0.13% | 0.13% | 0.13% | 0.14% |
| DocFX | 0.07% | 0.09% | 0.10% | 0.19% | 0.20% | 0.23% | 0.22% | 0.27% | 0.30% | 0.33% | 0.38% |
| HelpDocs | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.06% | 0.06% | 0.06% | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.06% | 0.06% | 0.08% | 0.09% |
| SolidPixels | 0.05% | 0.04% | 0.04% | 0.04% | 0.04% | 0.04% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| RDoc | 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% |