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Doxygen

free software for generating software documentation from source code
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Doxygen is a software application established on October 26, 1997[1].

Doxygen

Summary

Doxygen is a documentation generator[1]. Doxygen draws 513 Wikipedia views per month (documentation_generator category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Doxygen's instance of is recorded as documentation generator[3].
  • Doxygen's instance of is recorded as free software[4].
  • Doxygen's developer is recorded as Dimitri van Heesch[5].
  • Doxygen's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0[6].
  • Doxygen's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[7].
  • Doxygen's operating system is recorded as Mac OS operating systems[8].
  • Doxygen's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[9].
  • Doxygen's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[10].
  • Doxygen's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8.10[11].
  • Doxygen's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8.11[12].
  • Doxygen's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8.13[13].
  • Doxygen's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8.14[14].
  • Doxygen's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8.15[15].
  • Doxygen's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0.0[16].
  • Doxygen's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.0[17].
  • Doxygen's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.1[18].
  • Doxygen's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.2[19].
  • Doxygen's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.3[20].
  • Doxygen's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.4[21].
  • Doxygen's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.5[22].
  • Doxygen's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2.0[23].
  • Doxygen's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2.1[24].
  • Doxygen's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2.2[25].
  • Doxygen's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2.3[26].
  • Doxygen's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2.4[27].

Why It Matters

Doxygen draws 513 Wikipedia views per month (documentation_generator category, ranking #1 of 8).[2] Doxygen has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

C++ Dimitri van Heesch free software Mac OS operating systems Microsoft Windows Unix-like operating system

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . SourceForge. Retrieved . sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . stack.nl. Retrieved . stack.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . stack.nl. Retrieved . stack.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . stack.nl. Retrieved . stack.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . stack.nl. Retrieved . stack.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . doxygen.nl. Retrieved . doxygen.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-08-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.8.10, 1.8.11, 1.8.13 +115
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/c1454b188578|details]])"
  2. 15w ago · ~2026-13416-99 · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Doxygen-1.8.1.png
    Inception → —
    Copyright license → GNU General Public License, version 2.0
    Source code repository url → —
    + 73 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 1.17.0"
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