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docToolchain is a toolkit built around the “docs as code” philosophy, designed to make writing, maintaining, and publishing technical documentation as smooth as software development itself. It provides a suite of scripts and integrations to generate documentation from AsciiDoc (and related formats), run automated checks, incorporate diagrams, and publish outputs in different formats (HTML, PDF, etc.). The framework encourages documentation and architecture artifacts to live alongside source code, versioned in the same repositories, so changes in code and docs can evolve together. It supports templates (such as the arc42 architecture template), reusable snippets, and modular documentation where different aspects (API docs, architecture, user guides) are composed. The toolchain also includes validation stages (e.g. sanity checks, broken link detection) to catch issues before publication.
Features
- Supports AsciiDoc-based documentation authored as code
- Automates build tasks including rendering, diagram exports, and format conversion (e.g., HTML, PDF)
- Uses arc42 software architecture template for standardized structure
- Configurable via external script—no build logic modifications required
- Community-driven with support for multiple output formats and diagrams
- Integrates well into continuous documentation workflows
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