DOCAT
Host your docs. Simple. Versioned. Fancy.
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Still maintained? Yes: 20 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 1.6.1 (Sep 2026).
Comparisons in Miscellaneous: ChatGPT alternatives, DeepL alternatives.
At a glance
DOCAT quick facts
- Health score
- 80/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 912
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 1.6.1, Sep 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "When generating static documentation using mkdocs, sphinx, ... hosting just one version of the docs might not be enough. Many users might still use older versions and might need to read those versions of the documentation."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
DOCAT scores 80/100, #41 of 77 in Miscellaneous: 20 commits in the last 90 days earn 23.3 of 35 points, the latest release (1.6.1, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 912 stars add 11.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 11.7 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 23.3 / 35
20 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
1.6.1 released 2 months ago
- Stars 11.8 / 20
912 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 20
- Last 90 days
- 67
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #41 of 77 tools in Miscellaneous by health , between WeeWX (#40) and mosparo (#42) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Python, Docker |
| Latest release | 1.6.1 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 912 |
| Open issues | 13 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | docat-org/docat ↗ |
DOCAT vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with DOCAT (Miscellaneous), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| penpot | 99 | 62k | MPL-2.0 | today |
| Reactive Resume | 99 | 45k | MIT | today |
| Anubis | 98 | 24k | MIT | yesterday |
| Infisical Community Edition | 98 | 30k | MIT | today |
| DOCAT (this tool) | 80 | 912 | MIT | 2 days ago |
| google-webfonts-helper | 53 | 13k | MIT | 29 days ago |
DOCAT: common questions
Is DOCAT still maintained?
DOCAT had 20 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, 1.6.1, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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