Docstring Python Packages

pdoc

API Documentation for Python Projects

docformatter

Formats docstrings to follow PEP 257

pdoc3

🐍 ➡️ 📜 Auto-generate API documentation for Python projects

pydoclint

A very fast Python docstring linter

docsig

Check Python signature params for proper documentation

lazydocs

📖 Generate markdown API documentation from Google-style Python docstring. The lazy alternative to Sphinx.

pydocstring-rs

A zero-dependency Rust parser for Python docstrings (Google & NumPy) — full AST with byte-precise source locations, built for linters and formatters.

numdoclint

Numdoc Lint provides features such as NumPy style docstring code checking.

stubdoc

stubdoc is a Python library that append docstring to stub files.

doq

Docstring generator

epythet

Tools for documentation and packaging

mkgendocs

Markdown documentation generator from Google docstrings

pydocfix

A Python docstring linter with auto-fix — checks signature ↔ docstring consistency using a CST-based parser

glacier

Python CLI building library for minimalists

cacaodocs

CacaoDocs is a lightweight Python package that effortlessly extracts API documentation directly from your code's docstrings

docstringify

Flag missing docstrings and, optionally, generate them from signatures and type annotations.

pygenstub

A utility for generating stub files from docstrings in Python source files.

mydocstring

A tool for extracting and converting Google-style docstrings to plain-text, Markdown, and JSON

doccron

Schedule with Docstrings

style-doc

Black for Python docstrings and reStructuredText (rst)

optfunc2

Generate help tips and argument options automatically.

mikedoc

Neat docstring format for building API references

sl-docformatter

Formats docstrings to follow PEP 257

doc-helper

Helper to simplify repeated docstring in a python file