EWSoftware/SHFB
Sandcastle Help File Builder (SHFB). A standalone GUI, Visual Studio integration package, and MSBuild tasks providing full configuration and extensibility for building help files with the Sandcastle tools. observed · 2026-10-13
Health v2 · maintenance only
76/100
- Activity 81
- Release rhythm 57
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 72.5
- age_days: 4290
- days_rel: 205
- days_push: 115
- n_releases_24m: 7
Adoption not part of the score
2250 stars · 379 forks observed · 2026-10-13
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Sandcastle Help File Builder is a tool for generating help files for .NET class libraries, combining XML code comments with conceptual topics written in Markdown or MAML. It provides a standalone GUI, Visual Studio integration, and MSBuild tasks to automate builds with the Sandcastle tools.
Use cases
- generate api documentation from c# xml comments
- build chm help file for .net library
- create help documentation in visual studio
- convert markdown and maml to help topics
- automate documentation builds with msbuild
When to choose
- you maintain a .NET class library and need API reference documentation
- you want a GUI or Visual Studio-integrated documentation project
- you need both conceptual (Markdown/MAML) and API reference topics in one help file
When to avoid
- your project is not on the .NET platform
- you prefer modern web-based doc generators like DocFX or mkdocs
- you need documentation for non-managed code
Facets
application · maturity active
documentation api-documentation build-tool cli gui documentation developer-tools apis windows dotnet cli sandcastle help-file-builder xml-comments maml chm msbuild visual-studio c-sharp dotnet desktop
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/EWSoftware/SHFB · fetched 2026-10-13 · 19c299630534
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| EWSoftware/SHFB | main | 76 |
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