Antora vs Natural Docs
Antora
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| Figure | Antora | Natural Docs |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1,166.67/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Documentation Generators | 8.2 (#5) | 7.7 (#15) |
| Purpose | Antora is a documentation site generator for technical writers working in AsciiDoc. | Natural Docs is an open source documentation generator that scans code comments and creates HTML documentation. |
| Support | OpenDevise offers paid Pro and Premier support packages covering Antora configuration and deployment, Asciidoctor extensions, and AsciiDoc syntax. | Help is available through the Reddit forum, email to the author, and GitHub issue tracker; businesses can contact the author about commercial support contracts. |
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In their own words
Natural Docs
Natural Docs is a command-line documentation generator that scans source-code comments and text files to create HTML documentation, including API references. Its syntax is designed to read like ordinary English in both source code and generated pages. The project says it comes configured for 25 programming languages and can be extended; for certain languages, it can also read Javadoc and Microsoft XML comments without rewrites. Generated pages have three panels, dynamic navigation, search and summaries that appear when readers hover over links. They can be opened from a local hard drive without installed software, and styled with custom CSS and images. Natural Docs runs on Linux, macOS and Windows. It is free and open source under AGPL version 3. The license requires source availability for modified distributions, projects incorporating its source, and services incorporating its functionality; merely documenting a project does not place that project under AGPL. Help is available through a Reddit forum, email and GitHub issues, with commercial support contracts available to businesses.