tech writing tools

The key tools in docs as code#

• Text editor
  • vscode
  • vim
  • jetbrain
• Collaboration
  • git
• render
  • ssg
    • Docusaurus
    • Hugo
    • MKDocs
    • Astro Starlight
    • Eleventy
    • Sphinx

Helping less technical writers with headless CMS

• Contentful
• Ghost

Hosting your code snippets#

• Replit
• JSFiddle
• Github Gists

Screenshot tools#

• Snagit is available for macOS and Windows.
• CleanShot is available for macOS.
• Flameshot is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
• Shutter is available for Linux.
• ksnip

Diagram tools#

doc as code tools

• mermaind
• plantuml
• Graphviz
• kroki

other online tools you can self-host

• draw.io
• excalidraw

Recording terminal sessions#

• Asciinema
• Terminalizer
• VHS

more powerful tools, can be used for collaboration in teamwork

• warp
• Runme

Video tools#

• OBS Studio

Analytics tools#

There are a lot of potential options for analytics

• Google Analytics
• Matomo
• Umami