Tech Writer's Guide

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Google Technical Writing Courses

Courses & Certifications

Google's free technical writing courses for engineers and writers, covering grammar and clarity fundamentals plus self-editing and illustration.

developers.google.com

Antora

Docs-as-Code Tools

An AsciiDoc-based documentation toolchain designed for assembling a single site from content spread across many Git repositories and versions.

antora.org

LaTeX

Docs-as-Code Tools

A document preparation and typesetting system widely used for technical and scientific documents that need precise formatting and mathematics.

latex-project.org

Write the Docs Conferences

Communities & Newsletters

The conference programme of the Write the Docs community, covering documentation systems, technical writing practice and information delivery.

writethedocs.org

Cherryleaf Training

Courses & Certifications

Cherryleaf's catalogue of self-paced and instructor-led technical writing courses covering core skills, API documentation and policy writing.

cherryleaf.com

Docmost

Authoring & Help Tools

An open-source, self-hostable collaborative wiki and documentation platform positioned as an on-premise alternative to Confluence and Notion.

docmost.com

Instructional Solutions

Courses & Certifications

A US business and technical writing training company offering individual and corporate courses with instructor feedback on real work samples.

instructionalsolutions.com

Dr.Explain

Authoring & Help Tools

A help authoring tool that can analyse an application's user interface and generate annotated screenshots for the help topics automatically.

drexplain.com

Nuxt Content

Docs-as-Code Tools

A file-based content module for Nuxt that turns Markdown, YAML and JSON files into queryable content for documentation and marketing sites.

content.nuxt.com

CloudCannon

Docs-as-Code Tools

A Git-based content management system and hosting service for static site generators, giving non-technical editors a visual editing layer.

cloudcannon.com

Nextra

Docs-as-Code Tools

A Next.js based framework for documentation and blog sites. Content is written in MDX and the site is generated from the file structure.

nextra.site

Vale

Docs-as-Code Tools

A markup-aware prose linter that checks documentation against configurable style rules, letting teams enforce a house style guide in CI.

vale.sh

Asciidoctor

Docs-as-Code Tools

An open-source text processor and publishing toolchain that converts AsciiDoc source into HTML5, DocBook, PDF and other output formats.

asciidoctor.org

passo.uno

Communities & Newsletters

The blog of Fabrizio Ferri Benedetti, a technical, UX and programmer writer based in Barcelona, on documentation strategy and practice.

passo.uno

Tango

Authoring & Help Tools

A workflow capture tool that generates annotated how-to guides from recorded screen actions and can replay them as in-app walkthroughs.

tango.us

Vercel

Docs-as-Code Tools

A deployment platform for frontend frameworks that builds and hosts documentation sites with preview deployments for each pull request.

vercel.com

IXIASOFT

Authoring & Help Tools

A DITA component content management system aimed at large documentation teams that need review workflows and controlled content reuse.

ixiasoft.com

Just the Docs

Docs-as-Code Tools

A Jekyll theme for documentation sites, with built-in search, a configurable navigation sidebar and no required JavaScript build step.

just-the-docs.com

Quarto

Docs-as-Code Tools

An open-source scientific and technical publishing system that renders Markdown and notebooks to websites, books, articles and slides.

quarto.org

tcworld magazine

Communities & Newsletters

An English-language magazine on international information management, publishing articles on technical communication and localisation.

tcworld.info

Acrolinx

Authoring & Help Tools

An enterprise content governance platform that checks writing against configured style, terminology, tone and clarity rules at scale.

acrolinx.com

Loom

Authoring & Help Tools

A screen and camera recording tool for quick asynchronous video explanations, often used for walkthroughs and internal documentation.

loom.com

VitePress

Docs-as-Code Tools

A Vite-powered static site generator aimed at content-heavy documentation sites, using Markdown with Vue components available inline.

vitepress.dev

Zendesk Guide

Authoring & Help Tools

The knowledge base and help centre component of the Zendesk support suite, used to publish self-service articles alongside ticketing.

zendesk.com

Hurley Write

Courses & Certifications

A US training company delivering customised technical, scientific and business writing workshops for corporate and government teams.

hurleywrite.com

MadCap Flare Online

Authoring & Help Tools

The cloud companion to MadCap Flare, used to host projects, run review cycles and publish output without local build infrastructure.

madcapcentral.com

Snagit

Authoring & Help Tools

TechSmith's screen capture and annotation tool, a standard part of many technical writers' toolchains for documentation screenshots.

techsmith.com

Storyblok

Docs-as-Code Tools

A headless content management system with a visual editor, used by teams that need marketing and documentation content in one place.

storyblok.com

Bump.sh

API Documentation Tools

A platform that publishes API documentation from OpenAPI and AsyncAPI descriptions and reports diffs whenever the contract changes.

bump.sh

Congility

Documentation Agencies

A UK consultancy advising on structured content strategy, information architecture and content delivery for technical publications.

congility.com

KnowledgeOwl

Authoring & Help Tools

Knowledge base software for internal and public documentation, with content reuse snippets, versioning and contextual help widgets.

knowledgeowl.com

Treblle

API Documentation Tools

An API observability platform that monitors live traffic and can generate and keep API documentation in sync from what it observes.

treblle.com

Typesense

Docs-as-Code Tools

An open-source typo-tolerant search engine that can be self-hosted, including a documentation search scraper modelled on DocSearch.

typesense.org

AsyncAPI

API Documentation Tools

An open-source specification and toolchain for documenting event-driven and message-based APIs, with generators for docs and code.

asyncapi.com

Quanos

Authoring & Help Tools

The German software company behind SCHEMA ST4, a component content management system used for technical and service documentation.

quanos.com

Fluid Topics

Authoring & Help Tools

A content delivery platform that aggregates documentation from multiple sources and publishes it as a unified, searchable portal.

fluidtopics.com