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by HaoZeke 1967 days ago
ReadTheDocs.com is largely the de-facto standard for Python projects because it is free to use. Since a lot of developers have experience with it, in production too, it is often used as a host (even though it is sub-par as a web-host and CI service). For a product which seems to have been trademarked in 2019, not having a free-plan or more importantly, one for FOSS projects, means this is at best, a niche option. Additionally, being proprietary and closed source means it will be difficult to integrate into multi-language programs. Doxygen is a good standard, which works across multiple languages, and its reach is augmented by Sphinx with inter-sphinx. In the domain I work (scientific software), very few tools are written in pure C++.

By the way, I hope my comments are not taken as anything other than constructive criticism.