Pydoc-Markdown

Pydoc-Markdown is a tool and library to create Python API documentation in Markdown format based on lib2to3, allowing it to parse your Python code without executing it.

Pydoc-Markdown requires Python 3.7 or newer, however the code that you want to generate API documentation for can be for any Python version.

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Features

Understands multiple doc styles (Sphinx, Google, Pydoc-Markdown)
Supports assignment docstrings (#: block before or string literal after the statement)
Links references to other documented API objects [WIP]
MkDocs, Hugo and Docusaurus integration

Installation

Install Pydoc-Markdown from PyPI:

$ pipx install 'pydoc-markdown>=4.0.0,<5.0.0'

Quickstart (MkDocs)

$ pipx install mkdocs
$ pydoc-markdown --bootstrap mkdocs
$ pydoc-markdown --bootstrap readthedocs
$ pydoc-markdown --server --open

What this does:

Install MkDocs
Create a pydoc-markdown.yml file in the current directory
Create files to render your documentation on readthedocs.org
Render Markdown files from the Python modules/packages in your current working directory and run MkDocs to open a live-preview of the page.

Quickstart (Hugo)

$ pydoc-markdown --bootstrap hugo
$ pydoc-markdown --server --open

What this does:

Create a pydoc-markdown.yml file in the current directory
Render Markdown files from the Python modules/packages in your current working directory and run Hugo to open a live-preview of the page. If Hugo is not available on your system, it will be downloaded automatically.

Contributing to Pydoc-Markdown

All contributions are welcome! Check out the Contributing guidelines.

Questions / Need help?

Feel free to open a topic on GitHub Discussions!