# onevcat/VVDocumenter-Xcode

Xcode plug-in which helps you write documentation comment easier, for both Objective-C and Swift.

Repository: https://github.com/onevcat/VVDocumenter-Xcode
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vvdocumenter-xcode
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2017-04-19T06:55:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4796, "days_push": 3423, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8243, forks 1512 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:19.825142+00:00)

## What it is
VVDocumenter-Xcode is an Xcode plugin that auto-generates Javadoc-style documentation comments for Objective-C and Swift when you type '///' above code. Its functionality was integrated into Xcode 8 natively, so the project is discontinued.

## Use cases
- generate documentation comments in Xcode
- auto-create Javadoc style comments for Objective-C methods
- insert doc comments for Swift functions
- extract parameters and return values into comment templates
- write appledoc or Doxygen compatible comments faster

## When to choose
- you are stuck on Xcode 7 or earlier and want automated doc comment generation
- you need Javadoc-style comments compatible with appledoc, Doxygen, or HeaderDoc

## When to avoid
- you use Xcode 8 or later, which has this feature built in via Option+Cmd+/
- you need a maintained or actively supported tool

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: documentation, editor, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, documentation
- platform: editor-plugin
- tags: xcode-plugin, objective-c, swift, doc-comments, appledoc, doxygen, headerdoc, macos

## Member repositories
- onevcat/VVDocumenter-Xcode (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:19.825142+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:29:29.147828+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/onevcat/VVDocumenter-Xcode (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:19.825142+00:00, sha 674f695862a6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.