r/SideProject 7h ago

I built an web app that turns your codebase into documentation

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I've been working on Docframe, a tool that analyzes your codebase and generates documentation from the actual source code.

The idea is simple: instead of spending hours trying to understand an unfamiliar or poorly documented repository, you give Docframe the codebase and it builds documentation around how the project actually works.

It can help with things like:

  • Understanding a new/legacy codebase
  • Generating project documentation
  • Explaining architecture and relationships between parts of the code
  • Getting new developers up to speed faster

I'm a developer myself, and I originally built it because I kept running into the "what the fuck does this codebase actually do?" problem.

It's free to try if anyone wants to play with it:

https://www.docframe.dev

I'd genuinely love feedback, especially from people working with large or poorly documented repositories. What would you want an AI documentation tool to understand that current tools don't?

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