AsyncAPI Generator vs DocFX
AsyncAPI Generator
asyncapi.com
DocFX
dotnet.github.ioSide by side
| Figure | AsyncAPI Generator | DocFX |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Documentation Generators | 8.0 (#9) | 8.2 (#6) |
| Library use | The Generator library can be installed in Node.js projects with npm install @asyncapi/generator. | DocFX can also be used as a NuGet library through the `Docfx.App` package and its .NET APIs. |
| Purpose | The Generator uses an AsyncAPI document and a template to generate documentation, code, diagrams, microservices, applications, and other defined outputs. | DocFX builds technical documentation sites from .NET assemblies, XML code comments, REST API Swagger files, and Markdown. |
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In their own words
AsyncAPI Generator
AsyncAPI Generator has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
DocFX
DocFX is a free static site generator for technical documentation. It builds documentation from .NET assemblies, XML code comments, REST API Swagger files and Markdown, and can produce rendered HTML pages, JSON models or PDFs. Static HTML output is placed in the `_site` folder for publication to hosting services such as GitHub Pages. DocFX can also be used as a NuGet library through the `Docfx.App` package and .NET APIs. It parses CommonMark-compliant Markdown with Markdig and supports additional extensions. Built-in templates include a modern option with dark mode and customization settings; users can also customize templates with CSS, JavaScript, Mustache templates and metadata. DocFX can generate git links for GitHub, GitLab, Azure Pipelines, AppVeyor, TeamCity and Jenkins. It requires .NET SDK 8.0 or higher. Node.js v20 or higher is optional generally, but required to create PDFs. Native reference documentation generation covers .NET and REST APIs; other languages need a custom API docs converter. PlantUML diagrams use a remote server by default, with local rendering available as a setting.