Tech Writer's Guide

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TechWhirl

Communities & Newsletters

A long-running technical communication publication and discussion list covering careers, content management and documentation practice.

techwhirl.com

Content Rules

Documentation Agencies

A content strategy consultancy that helps enterprises standardise terminology, style and content processes across documentation teams.

contentrules.com

Essential Data Corporation

Documentation Agencies

A US documentation services company that supplies technical writers and manages documentation projects for businesses of varying size.

essentialdata.com

Docs Like Code

Communities & Newsletters

A site and book by Anne Gentle exploring docs-as-code workflows, with case studies of teams running documentation through Git and CI.

docslikecode.com

Mark Baker

Freelance Technical Writers

The site of Mark Baker, a structured authoring consultant, trainer and author who writes about topic-based information architecture.

everypageispageone.com

Redocly

API Documentation Tools

The company behind the Redoc OpenAPI renderer, offering API documentation generation, linting and a hosted developer portal product.

redocly.com

Fern

API Documentation Tools

A toolchain that takes an OpenAPI description and produces SDKs in multiple languages plus a hosted interactive documentation site.

buildwithfern.com

Hackmamba

Documentation Agencies

A technical writing agency producing API documentation, onboarding guides and product documentation for developer-facing companies.

hackmamba.io

Lionbridge

Documentation Agencies

A global localisation company that translates and adapts technical documentation, help content and software strings across markets.

lionbridge.com

Sphinx

Docs-as-Code Tools

The documentation generator originally built for the Python language docs. It reads reStructuredText or MyST Markdown and can pull API reference straight from source code.

sphinx-doc.org

Zuplo

API Documentation Tools

A programmable API gateway that also generates a developer portal and interactive documentation from the API's OpenAPI description.

zuplo.com

SmartBear

API Documentation Tools

The software company behind SwaggerHub and the Swagger open-source tools, offering API design, documentation and testing products.

smartbear.com

parson

Documentation Agencies

A German technical communication consultancy that writes developer and API documentation and advises on content delivery systems.

parson-europe.com

Pronovix

Documentation Agencies

A consultancy dedicated to developer portals, covering research, design, build, audit and the technical writing that fills them.

pronovix.com

Acadecraft

Documentation Agencies

An India-based content services company whose offerings include technical writing, instructional design and accessibility work.

acadecraft.com

Docsie

Docs-as-Code Tools

A documentation platform for product and knowledge-base content, with versioning, translation workflows and hosted publishing.

docsie.io

Whatfix

Authoring & Help Tools

A digital adoption platform that layers interactive walkthroughs, tooltips and self-help widgets over enterprise applications.

whatfix.com

a1qa

Documentation Agencies

A software quality assurance company whose service lines include technical documentation, user manuals and business analysis.

a1qa.com

ReadMe

API Documentation Tools

A hosted developer hub platform that combines guides with an interactive API reference generated from an OpenAPI description.

readme.com

Acclaro

Documentation Agencies

A translation and localisation agency that handles multilingual product documentation, help centres and software interfaces.

acclaro.com

Apidog

API Documentation Tools

An integrated API platform combining design, debugging, automated testing, mocking and documentation publishing in one tool.

apidog.com

ISTC

Communities & Newsletters

The Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators, the UK professional body for information development professionals.

istc.org.uk

The Content Wrangler

Communities & Newsletters

A content strategy publication and event series covering structured content, technical communication and content operations.

thecontentwrangler.com

Trainn

Authoring & Help Tools

A customer education platform for building product training academies, how-to videos and knowledge bases for SaaS products.

trainn.co

Heretto

Authoring & Help Tools

A cloud-native DITA component content management system with a browser-based XML editor and a deploy-ready content portal.

heretto.com

Stoplight

API Documentation Tools

An API design and documentation platform for authoring OpenAPI descriptions, generating docs and spinning up mock servers.

stoplight.io

Apiary

API Documentation Tools

An API-first design platform for describing APIs, generating documentation and providing mock servers during development.

apiary.io

Speakeasy

API Documentation Tools

A platform that generates idiomatic client SDKs, Terraform providers and API documentation from an OpenAPI description.

speakeasy.com

Material for MkDocs

Docs-as-Code Tools

A widely used documentation theme for MkDocs that adds navigation, search, versioning and a large set of content components on top of a standard MkDocs build.

squidfunk.github.io

Archbee

Authoring & Help Tools

A documentation platform for product and developer docs with a block editor, custom domains and API reference blocks.

archbee.com

MkDocs

Docs-as-Code Tools

A Python static site generator aimed specifically at project documentation. Source pages are written in Markdown and configured with a single YAML file.

mkdocs.org

TechCommGeekMom

Freelance Technical Writers

The site of Danielle M. Villegas, a web publishing consultant and content design strategist who writes about technical communication practice and tools.

techcommgeekmom.com

Documenting APIs

Courses & Certifications

Tom Johnson's free online course on writing API documentation, working through OpenAPI, reference material, conceptual guides and developer portals.

idratherbewriting.com

DocFX

Docs-as-Code Tools

Microsoft's open-source documentation generator for .NET projects, combining conceptual Markdown articles with API reference generated from source.

dotnet.github.io

BookStack

Docs-as-Code Tools

A self-hosted, open-source platform that organises documentation into shelves, books, chapters and pages, with both WYSIWYG and Markdown editing.

bookstackapp.com

Scalar

API Documentation Tools

An open-source API reference renderer and client that turns an OpenAPI description into interactive documentation with a built-in request runner.

scalar.com