Stenography
Automatic AI code documentation that explains what your code does in plain English
Visit Product
377 upvotes
2,394 views
About
Stenography is an AI-powered automatic code documentation tool that generates clear, human-readable documentation for any code you write or maintain. It analyzes code at multiple levels — individual functions, classes, and modules — and produces explanations that help developers understand what code does, why it works that way, and how to use it, without requiring the original author to write documentation manually.
The tool is particularly valuable for: onboarding new team members to existing codebases, documenting legacy code that was written without documentation, and ensuring that rapidly-written code doesn't remain opaque after the initial development rush. Stenography integrates with GitHub, VS Code, and various documentation platforms, making it practical to add to existing workflows.
Stenography's explanations are designed to be accessible to developers of different experience levels — using clear language, avoiding unnecessary jargon, and providing context about why design decisions were made when it can be inferred. This makes codebases more maintainable by making knowledge transfer easier across the team.
The tool is particularly valuable for: onboarding new team members to existing codebases, documenting legacy code that was written without documentation, and ensuring that rapidly-written code doesn't remain opaque after the initial development rush. Stenography integrates with GitHub, VS Code, and various documentation platforms, making it practical to add to existing workflows.
Stenography's explanations are designed to be accessible to developers of different experience levels — using clear language, avoiding unnecessary jargon, and providing context about why design decisions were made when it can be inferred. This makes codebases more maintainable by making knowledge transfer easier across the team.
Product Features
- Automatic documentation generation from any code
- Function, class, and module level explanations
- Multiple programming language support
- VS Code extension for inline documentation
- GitHub integration for repository documentation
- Markdown documentation output
- API for CI/CD pipeline integration
- Configurable verbosity and detail level
- Batch documentation for entire repositories
- Documentation freshness checking
- Function, class, and module level explanations
- Multiple programming language support
- VS Code extension for inline documentation
- GitHub integration for repository documentation
- Markdown documentation output
- API for CI/CD pipeline integration
- Configurable verbosity and detail level
- Batch documentation for entire repositories
- Documentation freshness checking
About the Publisher
Stenography was created by Brian Regan to solve the persistent problem of undocumented code in software development. The project recognized that while everyone agrees documentation is important, the friction of writing it means it almost always gets deprioritized. By making documentation automatic and immediate, Stenography removes the friction and ensures codebases remain understandable as they grow. The tool has been used by thousands of developers to document both new and legacy code.