Asciidoctor vs Sandcastle Help File Builder
Asciidoctor
asciidoctor.orgSandcastle Help File Builder
github.comSide by side
| Figure | Asciidoctor | Sandcastle Help File Builder |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Documentation Generators | 8.9 (#1) | 7.4 (#24) |
| Interfaces | The processor provides a command line interface and a Ruby API for processing documents. | The project offers a standalone GUI, command-line tools, a Visual Studio integration package, and MSBuild tasks. |
| Purpose | Asciidoctor parses AsciiDoc source and converts it into publishable formats such as HTML 5 and PDF. | SHFB provides tools for building help files for managed class libraries, including conceptual topics and API reference topics. |
Plans
Sandcastle Help File Builder
- Sandcastle Help File BuilderFree
In their own words
Asciidoctor
Asciidoctor is a free, open-source text processor and publishing toolchain for converting AsciiDoc files or strings into formats such as HTML5, DocBook, PDF, EPUB 3 and manual pages. Its core includes converters for HTML5, DocBook 5 and man pages; PDF and EPUB 3 conversion comes from separate gems. Documents can be processed through a command-line interface or Ruby API. Asciidoctor runs with Ruby, on the JVM through AsciidoctorJ, or in JavaScript environments through Asciidoctor.js, and supports Linux, macOS and Windows. The wider ecosystem includes Maven and Gradle plugins, browser and editor extensions, and diagram tools. Default HTML output includes a stylesheet and integrations such as Font Awesome, highlight.js, Rouge, Pygments and MathJax. It is distributed as a RubyGem, Docker image, Linux packages and macOS packages, and is licensed under MIT. Its security modes include SECURE, SAFE, SERVER and UNSAFE; safe modes do not sanitize generated output or provide a comprehensive security framework.
Sandcastle Help File Builder
Sandcastle Help File Builder has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.