macOS
Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install doxygenlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverifiziert · 94%
sudo port install doxygenMacPorts ports tree · textproc/doxygen/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
brew
doxygen mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget installieren
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für doxygen in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
Weitere Installationsbefehle
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%
sudo apk add doxygenAlpine Linux edge package indexes · doxygen · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverifiziert · 92%
sudo apt install doxygenDebian stable package indexes · doxygen · Quelle: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%
sudo dnf install doxygenFedora Rawhide package metadata · doxygen · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#doxygennixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/do/doxygen/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%
sudo pacman -S doxygenArch Linux sync databases · doxygen · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%
sudo zypper install doxygenopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · doxygen · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
Windows
Scoopverifiziert · 92%
scoop install main/doxygenScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/doxygen.json · Quelle: api.github.com
Windows Package Managerverifiziert · 92%
winget install --id DimitriVanHeesch.Doxygen -eWindows Package Manager source index · DimitriVanHeesch.Doxygen · Quelle: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
Überblick
Paketzusammenfassung
Generate documentation for several programming languages
Projektlinks
Befehle und Aliase
- doxygen
Verlauf
Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
Doxygen is a long-running source-code documentation generator for C++, C, Objective-C, C#, PHP, Java, Python, IDL, Fortran, D, VHDL, and related documentation workflows. Its own README calls it the de facto standard for generating documentation from annotated C++ sources.
Projektgeschichte
Doxygen was created and is still associated with Dimitri van Heesch. The official README describes the tool's core bargain: generate online and offline reference documentation from annotated source, optionally analyze undocumented code structure, and also serve as a normal documentation system for manuals and websites.
The official changelog preserves a long release series reaching back through 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3-era releases and continuing into the 1.17 series. The current website banner lists Doxygen 1.17.0 as available with a release date of 30 April 2026.
A notable infrastructure milestone came in May 2013, when the README says Doxygen moved from Subversion to Git hosted at GitHub. The manual and homepage are themselves generated with Doxygen, making the project one of the clearest examples of a documentation tool dogfooding its own output.
Adoptionsgeschichte
Doxygen's adoption tracks the rise of generated API documentation in C and C++ projects. The homepage describes it as widely used in software development, and the README states that it is the de facto standard for C++ source documentation while supporting many other programming and hardware-description languages.
The tool became a standard package across Unix-like systems and developer environments because it sits at the intersection of source annotations, HTML output, LaTeX/PDF manuals, man pages, XML, DocBook, diagrams, and cross-referenced source browsing. It is the sort of package that appears both in developer workstations and in build documentation jobs.
Wie es verwendet wird
A typical project runs doxygen -g to create a Doxyfile, edits configuration tags, then runs doxygen with that configuration. The manual says Doxygen can create HTML, LaTeX/PDF, RTF, XML, Unix man page, and DocBook output and can scan source trees recursively.
Doxygen is also used for code archaeology: with extraction and source-browser options, teams can generate structure views and cross references even for code that was not originally written with full Doxygen comments.
Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
For package maintainers, Doxygen is not just another CLI; it is a build-time documentation dependency with optional Graphviz integration, LaTeX/PDF output implications, GUI tooling through Doxywizard, and a large ecosystem of filters and extensions. Version skew can affect generated docs, warning behavior, Markdown handling, language parsers, and reproducible documentation output.
Doxygen also represents a durable packaging pattern: a single cross-platform C++ tool with official binaries, source releases, a generated manual, and broad downstream packaging across Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Nix, MacPorts, Alpine, Scoop, winget, and openSUSE.
Zeitleiste
- 1990s: Doxygen begins its long 1.x release history, with old changelog entries preserved for early 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 releases.
- 2013: Source code management moved from Subversion to Git hosted at GitHub.
- 2024: 1.11.0 release series added modern Markdown-related support such as GitHub-style alerts.
- 2026: 1.17.0 announced on the official site with a 30 April 2026 release date.
Related projects
- Doxygen is often paired with Graphviz for generated diagrams and with LaTeX tooling for PDF output. Its official extensions page lists filters and related tools for additional languages and diagram formats, while Doxywizard is the graphical frontend documented in the manual.
Quellen
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/doxygen/doxygen/master/README.md - official README for purpose, supported languages, output formats, and the May 2013 GitHub migration.
- https://www.doxygen.nl/ - official homepage for current positioning and latest release banner.
- https://www.doxygen.nl/manual/starting.html - official getting-started documentation for Doxyfile creation and common usage.
- https://www.doxygen.nl/manual/config.html - official configuration documentation for Doxyfile format.
- https://www.doxygen.nl/manual/changelog.html - official changelog for the long 1.x release series.
- https://www.doxygen.nl/helpers.html - official extensions page for related filters and companion tools.
- https://api.github.com/repos/doxygen/doxygen - official GitHub repository metadata.
Sicherheitslage
Risikostufe: yellow
generalized runtime or code generation signal.
Risikoklassifikator
yellow Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · runtime
Warum
- generalized runtime or code generation signal
Signale
- text:programming language
Installationsverhalten
- In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
- Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
- Installiert mit 2 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
- Build-Metadaten listen 2 Build-Abhängigkeiten.
Empfohlene Prüfung
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
Doxyfile- Windows
Doxyfile
Executables
Installierte Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
doxygen | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
Version und Aktualität
Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.
Seite generiert2026-07-10
Manager-Version1.17.0
Manager aktualisiert2026-06-26
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamnot checked
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt
- InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.doxygen.nl/none Konfidenz
Installationsmetadaten
Paketmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:doxygen |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.17.0 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/doxygen |
| Homepage | https://www.doxygen.nl/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/doxygen/doxygen |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://www.doxygen.nl/manual/index.html |
| Lizenz | GPL-2.0-only |
| Quellarchiv | https://doxygen.nl/files/doxygen-1.17.0.src.tar.gz |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-06-26T20:03:11-04:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Abhängigkeiten | fmt, spdlog |
| Build-Abhängigkeiten | bison, cmake |
| Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken | sqlite |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
Details aus der Quelldatenbank
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | doxygen |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Andere Paketmanager-Einträge
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
Debian apt95%
doxygen 1.9.8+ds-2.1
Generate documentation from source code
sudo apt install doxygen- Section: devel
- Architecture: amd64
- 9 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- 4 optionale Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Doxygen
Debian apt95%
doxygen-doc 1.9.8+ds-2.1
Documentation for doxygen
sudo apt install doxygen-doc- Section: doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: doxygen
- 1 stellt bereit
- 1 optionale Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Doxygen
Debian apt95%
doxygen-doxyparse 1.9.8+ds-2.1
Multi-language source code parser based on doxygen
sudo apt install doxygen-doxyparse- Section: devel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: doxygen
- 8 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Doxygen
Debian apt95%
doxygen-gui 1.9.8+ds-2.1
GUI configuration tool for doxygen
sudo apt install doxygen-gui- Section: devel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: doxygen
- 9 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 optionale Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Doxygen
Debian apt95%
doxygen-latex 1.9.8+ds-2.1
Generate LaTeX documentation from source code
sudo apt install doxygen-latex- Section: devel
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: doxygen
- 9 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Doxygen
Nix95%
doxygen
nix profile install nixpkgs#doxygen- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Doxygen
Ubuntu apt95%
doxygen 1.9.8+ds-2build5
Generate documentation from source code
sudo apt install doxygen- Section: universe/devel
- Architecture: amd64
- 9 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- 4 optionale Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Doxygen
Ubuntu apt95%
doxygen-doc 1.9.8+ds-2build5
Documentation for doxygen
sudo apt install doxygen-doc- Section: universe/doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: doxygen
- 1 stellt bereit
- 1 optionale Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Doxygen
Ubuntu apt95%
doxygen-doxyparse 1.9.8+ds-2build5
Multi-language source code parser based on doxygen
sudo apt install doxygen-doxyparse- Section: universe/devel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: doxygen
- 8 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Doxygen
Ubuntu apt95%
doxygen-gui 1.9.8+ds-2build5
GUI configuration tool for doxygen
sudo apt install doxygen-gui- Section: universe/devel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: doxygen
- 9 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 optionale Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Doxygen
Ubuntu apt95%
doxygen-latex 1.9.8+ds-2build5
Generate LaTeX documentation from source code
sudo apt install doxygen-latex- Section: universe/devel
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: doxygen
- 9 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Doxygen
apk95%
doxygen 1.17.0-r0
Documentation system for C++, C, Java, IDL and PHP
sudo apk add doxygen- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: doxygen
- 1 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Doxygen
apk95%
doxygen-doc 1.17.0-r0
Documentation system for C++, C, Java, IDL and PHP (documentation)
sudo apk add doxygen-doc- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: doxygen
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Doxygen
dnf95%
doxygen 1.17.0-1.fc45
A documentation system for C/C++
sudo dnf install doxygen- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: doxygen
- 15 Abhängigkeiten
- 2 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Doxygen
dnf95%
doxygen-doxywizard 1.17.0-1.fc45
A GUI for creating and editing configuration files
sudo dnf install doxygen-doxywizard- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: doxygen
- 10 Abhängigkeiten
- 2 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Doxygen
dnf95%
doxygen-latex 1.17.0-1.fc45
Support for producing latex/pdf output from doxygen
sudo dnf install doxygen-latex- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: doxygen
- 7 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Doxygen
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- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment