Open Source CoffeeScript Documentation Software

Docco is a documentation generator by Jeremy Ashkenas that embraces the literate-programming style: it takes your source code and produces annotated HTML documentation that shows your comments side-by-side with your code. The idea is to read code like a book — commentary on one side, code on the other — which helps reviewers and learners understand intent and implementation simultaneously. It supports many languages (via configuration) and is intentionally quick and dirty, prioritizing lightweight output rather than heavy tooling. For teams that favour documentation that stays close to the codebase (rather than entirely separate docs), Docco offers a pragmatic route to keep documentation aligned with implementation. Because the output is browser-readable, it can live in your repository or website and be regenerated easily. It’s particularly useful for open-source projects, teaching code, or scaffolding codebases where reader orientation matters.

Aglio is a renderer for API Blueprint documents (Markdown‑based API description format), producing static HTML documentation with theme support. It functions as both a command‑line executable and a Node.js library, allowing integration into pipelines or live-preview workflows. An API Blueprint renderer that supports multiple themes and outputs static HTML that can be served by any web host. API Blueprint is a Markdown-based document format that lets you write API descriptions and documentation in a simple and straightforward way. Currently supported is API Blueprint format 1A. Fast parsing thanks to Protagonist. Support for custom colors, templates, and theme engines. Include other documents in your blueprint.

Badges is a utility / site that generates small status badge images for open-source projects (for example, build status, coverage, downloads, version). It allows projects to easily embed dynamic badges in their README or documentation that reflect project metadata or external service metrics. The badges system supports different styles, icons, and dynamic links, making them visually consistent and informative. It abstracts the generation of badge SVGs so the end user doesn’t need to manually create or update image files. The project also supports caching, HTTP APIs, and format options (e.g. to serve badges dynamically or with query parameters). It is used by many open source repos to display real-time project metrics in documentation pages.