Asciidoctor
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About
Asciidoctor is ranked #6 of 29 in documentation generators on Inferse. It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Web, Windows.
Compared on documentation generators
- Free plan
- Yesasciidoctor.org
- Source inputs
- AsciiDoc files; AsciiDoc stringsasciidoctor.org
- CI/CD integration
- Yesasciidoctor.org
- Output formats
- HTML 5, XHTML, DocBook 5, man pages, PDF, EPUB3, Reveal.js, Bespokeasciidoctor.org
- Programming languages
- Ruby, Java, JavaScript, JVM languagesasciidoctor.org
Facts
- Purpose
- Asciidoctor is an open source text processor and publishing toolchain for converting AsciiDoc into HTML5, DocBook, PDF, EPUB 3, manual pages, and other formats.asciidoctor.org · 3 Oct 2026
- Built-in converters
- The core processor includes built-in converters for HTML5, DocBook 5, and man pages; PDF and EPUB 3 converters are provided by separate gems.asciidoctor.org · 3 Oct 2026
- HTML features
- Its default HTML experience includes a stylesheet and integrations for Font Awesome, highlight.js, Rouge, Pygments, and MathJax.asciidoctor.org · 3 Oct 2026
- Runtimes
- Asciidoctor runs on Ruby, on the JVM through AsciidoctorJ, and in JavaScript environments through Asciidoctor.js.asciidoctor.org · 3 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The project ecosystem includes Maven and Gradle plugins, browser extensions, an IntelliJ plugin, and tools such as Asciidoctor Diagram.asciidoctor.org · 3 Oct 2026
- Operating systems
- The site says Asciidoctor works on Linux, macOS, and Windows.asciidoctor.org · 3 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- Asciidoctor is distributed as a RubyGem, a Docker image, packages for numerous Linux distributions, and a macOS package through Homebrew and MacPorts.asciidoctor.org · 3 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- The documented Ruby implementations are CRuby 2.3–3.3, JRuby 9.1–9.4, and TruffleRuby (GraalVM).asciidoctor.org · 3 Oct 2026
- API and safety
- The Ruby API documentation says its default safe mode is :secure.docs.asciidoctor.org · 3 Oct 2026
- License
- Asciidoctor use is granted under the MIT License.docs.asciidoctor.org · 3 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project lists community chat, documentation, GitHub source repositories, and issue trackers as community resources.docs.asciidoctor.org · 3 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The project describes its goal as providing an accessible, comprehensive, open source toolchain and workbench for writing and publishing AsciiDoc across platforms and runtimes.docs.asciidoctor.org · 3 Oct 2026
Company
- Founded
- 2012asciidoctor.org · 28 Sept 2026
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Sources
- asciidoctor.org· checked 3 Oct 2026
- docs.asciidoctor.org/asciidoctor/latest/· checked 3 Oct 2026
- docs.asciidoctor.org/asciidoctor/latest/cli/man1/asciidoctor· checked 3 Oct 2026
- docs.asciidoctor.org/about/· checked 3 Oct 2026





