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Stenography

Stenography is a developer tool that auto-documents and explains codebases from the CLI, generating readable summaries and examples.

Summary

Stenography allows you to auto-document and explain codebases from the CLI so teams get readable summaries and examples without manual effort.

Stenography Review

Stenography is a code documentation copilot that generates explanations, comments, and READMEs directly from source files. It summarizes functions, traces dependencies, and proposes docstrings that match style guides, with inline previews for quick edits. Developers can ask “how/why” questions about a codebase and get answers with cited lines. Typical workflows include onboarding to unfamiliar repos, documenting utilities, and preparing PRs. The value is clearer, maintainable code with less manual documentation.

Things to Know About Stenography

Stenography drawbacks: Auto-generated docs and explanations can miss edge cases, security implications, or architectural context. Language and framework coverage is uneven, and comments may repeat obvious information without real insight. IDE and CI integrations are limited, and handling proprietary code requires strict privacy controls.

Top Features

Automatic code documentation generator for repositories
Explains functions, classes, and modules in plain language
Generates docstrings, READMEs, and usage examples
Call graphs and dependency summaries for orientation
CLI and editor integrations for quick runs
Supports multiple languages and build systems
Inline comments with rationale and caveats
Searchable knowledge base from your code
Export docs to Markdown, HTML, or wikis
Team settings for style and glossary terms

Stenography Pricing

Stenography pricing: per-user subscription for AI-assisted code documentation and explanations, with higher tiers increasing monthly requests, repository size, and history retention; team plans add roles, analytics, and SSO; pricing scales with seats and query volume.

How to use Stenography

To use Stenography, install the extension or CLI, document code by selecting functions or files, and generate explanations and examples; commit the docs alongside code, and set a pre-commit step to keep new changes covered.

Alternatives & Competitors

To use Stenography, install the CLI or editor integration, point it at a codebase or file, and request explanations or documentation; review generated comments or READMEs, refine prompts for edge cases, and commit accepted docs; track diffs to maintain docs as code evolves.