Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford

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Automatically generates FORtran Documentation from comments within the code.

Stars: 458
Forks: 138
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 95

Dominant language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
Last GitHub push: Feb 5, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 16, 2026
Contributing guide: No contributing guide
Code of conduct: No code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted
PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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95 open issues indexed

markdown output: feature request Open

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Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#3 · 10 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
More informative error messages Open

enhancement wishlist

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#85 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Support for block construct Open

enhancement needs clarification

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#96 · 15 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Code metrics: Instability index Open

enhancement

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#99 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Using multiple cores Open

enhancement

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#118 · 4 comments · 4 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Issue with preprocessor includes/normal includes Open

enhancement wishlist

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#119 · 10 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Source code shown using 100-character-width lines Open

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Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#157 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
File names with directories relative to project root Open

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Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#158 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Possibility to gather all "ToDos" Open

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Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#162 · 3 comments · 4 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
List of ignored modules Open

enhancement

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#171 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
launchpad and bazaar are missing in the FORD config file Open

enhancement

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#180 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Subroutine level block (note / todo etc.) not appearing in docs Open

bug enhancement

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#200 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Specify lexer for extra_filetypes Open

enhancement

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#203 · 8 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Feature request: documentation for list of variables Open

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#224 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Graph Customization Open

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#226 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Code citations in documentation page Open

enhancement

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#228 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Documenting fixed Fortran source Open

needs clarification

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#232 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
extra file types taking files with no extension Open

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Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#235 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Documentation for a group of variables Open

enhancement

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#239 · 0 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Web links in code Open

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Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#248 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Crash when documenting C files Open

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Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#249 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Overlapping long (file, module, procedure , derived type ...) names in index page Open

bug enhancement help wanted

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#260 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Large html size Open

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Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#272 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Feature request: cross-references in displayed source code Open

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Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#276 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Allow users to specify templates Open

enhancement help wanted wishlist

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#280 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Add markdown extensions to project config Open

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Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#283 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Collect documentation for multiple versions of code Open

enhancement wishlist

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#284 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Only update if changes to documentation Open

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Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#288 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Refactor parsing library and split into separate project Open

enhancement wishlist

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#291 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
[Feature request] Download graphs Open

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Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#293 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Add support for compile_commands.json Open

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Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#298 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
SPDX License Identifiers Open

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Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#340 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Including source code for MODULE PROCEDURES when `source: true` Open

bug

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#355 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Is it possible to add links to a section of the same page? Open

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#360 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Procedures within procedures are ignored Open

bug

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#366 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Missing dependencies do not raise an error Open

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#368 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Plantuml diagrams with intra-doc links Open

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#370 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
read more link does not work for arguments Open

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#371 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Question related to include files .inc Open

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#378 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
including source from include files Open

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Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#386 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Indented code block does not work properly in pages Open

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#404 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Python API for determining properties of a Fortran docstring Open

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#405 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Including...and excluding certain files? Open

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Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#427 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Error messages about "USE/variable in source file" - Open

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#455 · 10 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Produce PDF document? Open

help wanted wishlist

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#470 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
A more dynamic front page Open

help wanted wishlist

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#471 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Suggestion for displaying optional arguments Open

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Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#472 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
How to only expose the public API of a project Open

help wanted wishlist

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#473 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Using ford with an existing project Open

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#475 · 11 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026
Enable config for markdown extensions Open

enhancement help wanted

Fortran-FOSS-Programmers/ford#491 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 16, 2026

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