# Install doxygen with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper Generate documentation for several programming languages. Version 1.17.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-26. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:doxygen ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install doxygen ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install doxygen ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/doxygen/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add doxygen ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: doxygen from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install doxygen ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: doxygen from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install doxygen ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: doxygen from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#doxygen ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/do/doxygen/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S doxygen ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: doxygen from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install doxygen ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: doxygen from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/doxygen ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/doxygen.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id DimitriVanHeesch.Doxygen -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: DimitriVanHeesch.Doxygen from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:doxygen - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.17.0 - **Source summary:** Generate documentation for several programming languages - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-26T20:03:11-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - doxygen (cli) - doxygen (alias) ## Dependencies - fmt - spdlog ## Build dependencies - bison - cmake ## Uses from macOS - sqlite ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.17.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-26 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.doxygen.nl/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage 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. ### Project history 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. ### Adoption history 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. ### How it is used 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. ### Why package nerds care 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. ### Timeline - 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. ### Sources - - - - - - - ## Security Notes generalized runtime or code generation signal. - **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium - generalized runtime or code generation signal ## 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 - Unix: Doxyfile - Windows: Doxyfile ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** doxygen - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - doxygen - 1.9.8+ds-2.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: doxygen from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Generate documentation from source code | https://www.doxygen.nl/ - Debian apt - doxygen-doc - 1.9.8+ds-2.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: doxygen-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Documentation for doxygen | https://www.doxygen.nl/ - Debian apt - doxygen-doxyparse - 1.9.8+ds-2.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: doxygen-doxyparse from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Multi-language source code parser based on doxygen | https://www.doxygen.nl/ - Debian apt - doxygen-gui - 1.9.8+ds-2.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: doxygen-gui from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | GUI configuration tool for doxygen | https://www.doxygen.nl/ - Debian apt - doxygen-latex - 1.9.8+ds-2.1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: doxygen-latex from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Generate LaTeX documentation from source code | https://www.doxygen.nl/ - Nix - doxygen: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/do/doxygen/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - doxygen - 1.9.8+ds-2build5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: doxygen from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Generate documentation from source code | https://www.doxygen.nl/ - Ubuntu apt - doxygen-doc - 1.9.8+ds-2build5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: doxygen-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Documentation for doxygen | https://www.doxygen.nl/ - Ubuntu apt - doxygen-doxyparse - 1.9.8+ds-2build5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: doxygen-doxyparse from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Multi-language source code parser based on doxygen | https://www.doxygen.nl/ - Ubuntu apt - doxygen-gui - 1.9.8+ds-2build5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: doxygen-gui from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | GUI configuration tool for doxygen | https://www.doxygen.nl/ - Ubuntu apt - doxygen-latex - 1.9.8+ds-2build5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: doxygen-latex from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Generate LaTeX documentation from source code | https://www.doxygen.nl/ - apk - doxygen - 1.17.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: doxygen from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Documentation system for C++, C, Java, IDL and PHP | https://www.doxygen.nl/ - apk - doxygen-doc - 1.17.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: doxygen-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Documentation system for C++, C, Java, IDL and PHP (documentation) | https://www.doxygen.nl/ - dnf - doxygen - 1.17.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: doxygen from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A documentation system for C/C++ | https://github.com/doxygen - dnf - doxygen-doxywizard - 1.17.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: doxygen-doxywizard from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A GUI for creating and editing configuration files | https://github.com/doxygen - dnf - doxygen-latex - 1.17.0-1.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: doxygen-latex from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Support for producing latex/pdf output from doxygen | https://github.com/doxygen ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - 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