Epydoc is a tool for generating API documentation for Python modules, based on their docstrings. For an example of epydoc's output, see the API documentation for epydoc itself (html, pdf). A lightweight markup language called epytext can be used to format docstrings, and to add information about specific fields, such as parameters and instance variables. Epydoc also understands docstrings written in reStructuredText, Javadoc, and plaintext. For a more extensive example of epydoc's output, see the API documentation for Python 2.5.
The latest stable release is Epydoc 3.0. If you wish to keep up on the latest developments, you can also get epydoc from the subversion repository. See Installing Epydoc for more information.
Epydoc 3.0 released [January 2008]
Epydoc version 3.0 is now
available on the SourceForge download page. See the What's New page for details. Epydoc is under
active development; if you wish to keep up on the latest developments,
you can get epydoc from the subversion repository. If you
find any bugs, or have suggestions for improving it, please report
them on sourceforge.
Presentation at PyCon [March 2004]
Epydoc was
presented at PyCon by
Edward Loper. Video and audio from the
presentation are available for download.