# API documentation building 26 projects, most used and most active first. 3 of them build on MkDocs NG in the weekly [compatibility test](https://github.com/mkdocs-ng/mkdocs/actions/workflows/compat.yml). Data from 2026-11-01. ## mkdocstrings Automatic documentation from sources, for MkDocs. - **Install:** `pip install mkdocstrings` - **Plugin:** `mkdocstrings` - :lucide-badge-check: **Builds on MkDocs NG** in the [weekly compatibility test](https://github.com/mkdocs-ng/mkdocs/actions/workflows/compat.yml) - :lucide-star: 2.1k · :lucide-download: 5.8M/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2026-10-23 · :lucide-scale: ISC - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/mkdocstrings/mkdocstrings) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mkdocstrings/) ## mkdocstrings-python A Python handler for mkdocstrings. - **Install:** `pip install mkdocstrings-python` - :lucide-star: 284 · :lucide-download: 5.8M/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2026-10-23 · :lucide-scale: ISC - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/mkdocstrings/python) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mkdocstrings-python/) ## mkdocs-click An MkDocs extension to generate documentation for Click command line applications. - **Install:** `pip install mkdocs-click` - **Markdown extension:** `mkdocs-click` - :lucide-badge-check: **Builds on MkDocs NG** in the [weekly compatibility test](https://github.com/mkdocs-ng/mkdocs/actions/workflows/compat.yml) - :lucide-star: 151 · :lucide-download: 483k/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2025-06-18 · :lucide-scale: Apache-2.0 - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs-click) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mkdocs-click/) > [!WARNING] > No commits since 2025-06-18. Check that it still fits your setup. ## MkDocsOAD Plugin for MkDocs to generate human readable documentation from OpenAPI Documentation Version 3 (also known as Swagger.. - **Install:** `pip install neoteroi-mkdocs` - **Plugins:** `neoteroi.mkdocsoad`, `neoteroi.contribs` - **Markdown extensions:** `neoteroi.cards`, `neoteroi.timeline`, `neoteroi.projects`, `neoteroi.spantable` - :lucide-badge-check: **Builds on MkDocs NG** in the [weekly compatibility test](https://github.com/mkdocs-ng/mkdocs/actions/workflows/compat.yml) - :lucide-star: 176 · :lucide-download: 156k/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2025-11-23 · :lucide-scale: MIT - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/Neoteroi/mkdocs-plugins) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/neoteroi-mkdocs/) ## mkdoxy Automatically generates API documentation for your project based on Doxygen comments and code snippets in your.. - **Install:** `pip install mkdoxy` - **Plugin:** `mkdoxy` - :lucide-star: 130 · :lucide-download: 40k/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2026-11-01 · :lucide-scale: MIT - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/JakubAndrysek/MkDoxy) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mkdoxy/) ## MkApi MkDocs plugin for automatic API documentation generation from Python docstrings. - **Install:** `pip install mkapi` - **Plugin:** `mkapi` - :lucide-star: 126 · :lucide-download: 5.7k/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2026-03-30 · :lucide-scale: MIT - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/daizutabi/mkapi) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mkapi/) ## mkdocs-api-autonav MkDocs plugin for autogenerating API docs with navigation. - **Install:** `pip install mkdocs-api-autonav` - **Plugin:** `api-autonav` - :lucide-star: 42 · :lucide-download: 95k/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2026-09-28 · :lucide-scale: BSD-3-Clause - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/tlambert03/mkdocs-api-autonav) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mkdocs-api-autonav/) ## mkdocs-autoapi MkDocs plugin providing automatic API reference generation. - **Install:** `pip install mkdocs-autoapi` - **Plugin:** `mkdocs-autoapi` - :lucide-star: 22 · :lucide-download: 23k/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2026-01-29 · :lucide-scale: MIT - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/jcayers20/mkdocs-autoapi) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mkdocs-autoapi/) ## mkdocs-typer2 Mkdocs Plugin For Typer CLIs. - **Install:** `pip install mkdocs-typer2` - **Plugin:** `mkdocs-typer2` - :lucide-star: 22 · :lucide-download: 6.2k/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2026-06-17 · :lucide-scale: Apache-2.0 - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/syn54x/mkdocs-typer2) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mkdocs-typer2/) ## mkdocstrings-crystal Crystal language doc generator for https://github.com/mkdocstrings/mkdocstrings. - **Install:** `pip install mkdocstrings-crystal` - :lucide-star: 31 · :lucide-download: 14k/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2025-11-08 · :lucide-scale: MIT - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/mkdocstrings/crystal) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mkdocstrings-crystal/) ## mkdocstrings-matlab A MATLAB handler for mkdocstrings, automatic documentation from sources. - **Install:** `pip install mkdocstrings-matlab` - :lucide-star: 18 · :lucide-download: 538/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2026-10-29 · :lucide-scale: ISC - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/watermarkhu/mkdocstrings-matlab) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mkdocstrings-matlab/) ## mkdocs-typer An MkDocs extension to generate documentation for Typer command line applications. - **Install:** `pip install mkdocs-typer` - **Markdown extension:** `mkdocs-typer` - :lucide-star: 33 · :lucide-download: 11k/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2023-06-21 · :lucide-scale: Apache-2.0 - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/bruce-szalwinski/mkdocs-typer) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mkdocs-typer/) > [!WARNING] > No commits since 2023-06-21. Check that it still fits your setup. ## mkdocstrings-vba VBA handler for mkdocstrings. - **Install:** `pip install mkdocstrings-vba` - :lucide-star: 4 · :lucide-download: 239/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2026-10-13 · :lucide-scale: ISC - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/mkdocstrings/vba) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mkdocstrings-vba/) ## MkAutoDoc Auto documentation for MkDocs. - **Install:** `pip install mkautodoc` - **Markdown extension:** `mkautodoc` - :lucide-star: 228 · :lucide-download: 18k/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2022-09-26 · :lucide-scale: BSD - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/lovelydinosaur/mkautodoc) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mkautodoc/) > [!WARNING] > No commits since 2022-09-26. Check that it still fits your setup. ## mkdocstrings-shell A shell scripts/libraries handler for mkdocstrings. - :lucide-star: 5 · :lucide-clock: last commit 2026-10-23 · :lucide-scale: ISC - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/mkdocstrings/shell) ## mktheapidocs Numpydocs - mkdocs friendly markdown. - **Install:** `pip install mktheapidocs` - **Plugin:** `mktheapidocs` - :lucide-star: 12 · :lucide-download: 639/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2022-06-10 · :lucide-scale: MIT - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/greenape/mktheapidocs) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mktheapidocs/) > [!WARNING] > No commits since 2022-06-10. Check that it still fits your setup. ## mkdocs-material-adr ADR for MkDocss Material Theme. - **Install:** `pip install mkdocs-material-adr` - **Plugin:** `mkdocs-material-adr/adr` - :lucide-star: 17 · :lucide-download: 2.2k/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2025-04-03 · :lucide-scale: Apache-2.0 - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/Kl0ven/mkdocs-material-adr) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mkdocs-material-adr/) > [!WARNING] > No commits since 2025-04-03. Check that it still fits your setup. ## automacdoc Automatic generation of documentation for mkdocs. - **Install:** `pip install automacdoc` - :lucide-star: 44 · :lucide-download: 180/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2020-12-29 · :lucide-scale: MIT - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/AlexandreKempf/automacdoc) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/automacdoc/) > [!WARNING] > No commits since 2020-12-29. Check that it still fits your setup. ## mkdocs-azure-pipelines Generate mkdocs documentation from Azure Pipelines yaml files. - **Install:** `pip install mkdocs-azure-pipelines` - **Plugin:** `mkdocs-azure-pipelines` - :lucide-star: 10 · :lucide-download: 28/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2026-04-30 · :lucide-scale: MIT - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/Wesztman/mkdocs-azure-pipelines) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mkdocs-azure-pipelines/) ## mkdocs-pipeline-visualizer Generates MD documentation from tekton pipelines and tasks. - **Install:** `pip install mkdocs-pipeline-visualizer` - **Plugin:** `pipeline-visualizer` - :lucide-star: 2 · :lucide-download: 104/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2026-10-28 · :lucide-scale: BSD-2-Clause - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/obegron/mkdocs-pipeline-visualizer) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mkdocs-pipeline-visualizer/) ## mkdocs-typedoc The MkDocs-Typedoc Plugin is a MkDocs plugin that allows you to include TypeDoc documentation in your MkDocs site. - **Install:** `pip install mkdocs-typedoc` - **Plugin:** `typedoc` - :lucide-star: 9 · :lucide-download: 624/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2024-05-03 · :lucide-scale: MIT - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/JakubAndrysek/mkdocs-typedoc) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mkdocs-typedoc/) > [!WARNING] > No commits since 2024-05-03. Check that it still fits your setup. ## inari Write docstrings in markdown!. - **Install:** `pip install inari` - **Plugin:** `inari` - :lucide-star: 6 · :lucide-download: 78/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2021-07-10 · :lucide-scale: MIT - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/tkamenoko/inari) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/inari/) > [!WARNING] > No commits since 2021-07-10. Check that it still fits your setup. ## mkdocs-apidescribed-plugin mkdocs plugin to generate API documentation for Python programs. - **Install:** `pip install mkdocs-apidescribed-plugin` - **Plugin:** `apidescribed` - :lucide-star: 1 · :lucide-download: 156/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2025-05-24 · :lucide-scale: BSD-3-Clause - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/idlesign/mkdocs-apidescribed-plugin) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mkdocs-apidescribed-plugin/) > [!WARNING] > No commits since 2025-05-24. Check that it still fits your setup. ## doxygen A Doxygen plugin for MkDocs. - **Plugin:** `doxygen` - :lucide-star: 18 · :lucide-clock: last commit 2020-12-04 · :lucide-scale: MIT - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/pieterdavid/mkdocs-doxygen-plugin) > [!WARNING] > No commits since 2020-12-04. Check that it still fits your setup. ## mkdocs-yaarg-plugin Yet Another API Reference Generator plugin for MKDocs. - **Install:** `pip install mkdocs-yaarg-plugin` - **Plugin:** `yaarg` - :lucide-star: 2 · :lucide-download: 32/month · :lucide-clock: last commit 2021-03-14 - [:brand-github: GitHub](https://github.com/g6123/mkdocs-yaarg-plugin) · [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/mkdocs-yaarg-plugin/) > [!WARNING] > No commits since 2021-03-14. Check that it still fits your setup. ## ansible-document Auto-generate ansible role documentation. - **Install:** `pip install ansible-mkdocs` - :lucide-download: 20/month - [:brand-pypi: PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/ansible-mkdocs/) · [Homepage](https://pypi.org/project/ansible-mkdocs/)