{"id":17213,"date":"2026-01-30T13:57:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/?p=17213"},"modified":"2026-01-30T13:57:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:57:53","slug":"matlab-docmaker-making-it-easier-to-create-documentation-for-your-matlab-toolbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/2026\/01\/30\/matlab-docmaker-making-it-easier-to-create-documentation-for-your-matlab-toolbox\/","title":{"rendered":"MATLAB DocMaker: making it easier to create documentation for your MATLAB toolbox"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mike's pick this week is <\/span>MATLAB DocMaker<\/span><\/a> by <\/span>David Sampson<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/div>
Many of the toolboxes featured on Pick Of The Week include superb documentation that integrates with MATLAB's documentation system. They appear in a section called 'Supplemental Software' and here's that section in my MATLAB. You'll recognize a couple of picks from last year such as <\/span>FSDA Toolbox<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>k-Wave<\/span><\/a> in the list along with a couple you haven't seen before.<\/span><\/div>
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'Koch Toolbox' is a toy I made for myself to see how easy it was to use today's pick: <\/span>MATLAB DocMaker toolbox<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/div>
It was pretty easy! After installing DocMaker toolbox and connecting it to GitHub (The current version of the toolbox makes use of the GitHub Markdown API), all I needed to do was write a couple of Markdown Files and then ask DocMaker to do its magic. Three commands later and I was done.<\/span><\/div>
DocMaker even uses itself to generate its own documentation, which is <\/span>also available on GitHub<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/div>
With DocMaker, you can:<\/span><\/div>