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Hire a Writer
A US content agency with a technical content practice covering documentation, explainers and developer-facing marketing material.
OpenAPI Generator
An open-source generator that produces client SDKs, server stubs and documentation in many languages from an OpenAPI description.
Swimm
A tool for internal code documentation that couples docs to the codebase and flags documents when the code they describe changes.
TinaCMS
An open-source content management system that stores content in Git and provides visual editing on top of Markdown and MDX files.
Carolyn Stransky
The portfolio and contact site of Carolyn Stransky, a technical writer working on developer documentation and technical content.
Craft
A document and note-taking application with block-based editing and polished sharing, used for specs and internal documentation.
Doc-O-Matic
A tool that combines source code documentation generation with help authoring, producing both API reference and conceptual help.
Fumadocs
A Next.js documentation framework offering content sourcing, search and navigation components for MDX-based documentation sites.
Plain language guides
A US government resource series on writing, designing and testing plain language content, with guidelines and training material.
The Good Docs Project
An open-source community that produces documentation templates and writing guidance that teams can adopt for their own projects.
Theneo
An API documentation platform that generates reference docs from a specification and hosts a private or public developer portal.
Intercom
A customer support platform whose Help Center product is used to publish and surface documentation articles inside the product.
Kong
An API gateway and management platform whose developer portal publishes API documentation and onboarding content for consumers.
Nuclino
A lightweight collaborative wiki for internal documentation, with real-time editing and graph, board and list views of content.
Tettra
An internal knowledge base tool with a question-and-answer workflow and Slack integration for capturing undocumented knowledge.
PTC Arbortext
PTC's structured authoring and dynamic publishing suite for service, parts and product documentation tied to engineering data.
DITA Open Toolkit
The open-source publishing engine for DITA content, converting DITA XML source into HTML, PDF and other deliverable formats.
CyberText Newsletter
Rhonda Bracey's long-running blog of practical tips on Word, Acrobat, editing and the daily mechanics of technical writing.
Scribe
A tool that records a workflow in the browser or desktop and turns it into an illustrated step-by-step guide automatically.
Wiki.js
An open-source Node.js wiki engine that supports Markdown and visual editing and can store its content in a Git repository.
Zoomin
A documentation delivery platform that unifies product content from several systems into personalised self-service portals.
iorad
A tutorial builder that records a process once and publishes it as an interactive simulation, a video and a written guide.
Outline
A team knowledge base and wiki with Markdown support, available as a hosted service or self-hosted open-source deployment.
EveryDeveloper
A technical content strategy firm working with developer-focused companies on content that engages engineering audiences.
HelpNDoc
A help authoring tool that generates HTML help, web-based documentation, PDF, Word and ePub output from one project file.
Lucidchart
A collaborative diagramming application for flowcharts, system diagrams and process maps used in technical documentation.
Obsidian
A local-first Markdown knowledge base application that stores notes as plain files and links them into a navigable graph.
Swagger Editor
An open-source browser editor for writing OpenAPI descriptions with live validation and a rendered documentation preview.
Victoria Lo
Victoria Lo's blog of developer-focused technical articles and tutorials, alongside posts about technical writing itself.
Documentation Portal
A technical writer's documentation portal publishing hands-on guides to static site generators and docs-as-code tooling.
Guidde
A tool that captures a workflow and generates a narrated how-to video and accompanying step document using AI voiceover.
Help+Manual
A Windows help authoring tool that produces online help, PDF manuals, ePub and HTML output from a single source project.
Insomnia
An open-source API client and design tool for sending requests, testing endpoints and working with OpenAPI descriptions.
Storybook
A workshop for building and documenting UI components in isolation, doubling as living documentation of a design system.
Writer
An enterprise AI writing platform that generates and checks content against a company's own style guide and terminology.
AppFlowy
An open-source collaborative workspace for notes, wikis and project data that can be self-hosted for full data control.