Overview
In a world of half-written READMEs and forgotten docs/ folders, Docsible shows up like a reliable teammate quietly turning messy Ansible roles into clean, structured documentation.
No fluff. No excuses. Just good docs.
What is Docsible?
Docsible is a Python-based CLI tool that automates the generation of Markdown documentation for your Ansible roles and collections.
It's designed for developers who:
- want clear, up-to-date
README.mdfiles - need docs that evolve with code
- hate repeating themselves
Why use it?
Because writing docs manually feels like going to the dentist: you know it's necessary, but you'll do anything to avoid it.
Docsible handles the boring stuff:
- parses default variables, tasks, metadata
- builds structured tables and summaries
- adds Mermaid graphs when you need visuals
- respects your comments and templates
You get clean, informative documentation and more time to focus on infrastructure, not formatting.
Who is it for?
- DevOps engineers managing complex roles
- Platform teams enforcing internal standards
- Open source maintainers tired of stale docs
What's next?
From this point on, you'll learn how to:
- use the CLI effectively
- automate doc generation in CI/CD
- write better inline annotations
- customize look and structure
No more "we'll document it later."
With Docsible, later is now.