About Doxygen
Doxygen is a free, open-source tool that automatically generates documentation from annotated source code. It supports various programming languages, produces output in formats like HTML and PDF, and includes features such as cross-referencing, diagram generation, and customizable configuration. Ideal for developers seeking efficient and standardized documentation workflows.
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The latest version of Doxygen is 1.17.0, released on 30 April 2026.
Yes, there are several extensions available for Doxygen to support additional languages such as Perl, JavaScript, Object Pascal, Visual Basic, MatLab, Pro*C, Assembly, Lua, GLSL Shader, Qt QML, GOB-doc, Prolog, CAPL, and STX.
There are several add-ins and tools available for integrating Doxygen with Visual Studio, such as Steve King's set of add-ins, Greg Engelstad's Perl script, Jason Williams' Addin for Visual Studio 2005 & 2008, and jgallardo's Addin for Visual Studio.
Yes, Pierre Clouthier wrote Doxygenator, a tool that automatically inserts Doxygen comment blocks before functions using a template or skeleton that you fill in with details.
Yes, Eclox is a Doxygen frontend plugin for Eclipse that allows you to use Doxygen within the Eclipse environment.
Yes, Richard Y. Kim has written a Perl module to use and configure Doxygen more easily from Perl scripts. Additionally, Bernhard Nowara has written a profile editor, which is a doxywizard-like tool for Windows.
Martin Slater wrote a Python script called duck2dox that can be used to convert AutoDuck style comments to Doxygen comments.
Yes, Paul S. Strauss wrote a script called filterComments.pl that can be used to convert Cocoon (or C++) style comments into Qt-style comments on the fly, which can be used in combination with Doxygen's INPUT_FILTER configuration option.
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