What AI assistants recommend when buyers ask about ai tools for developers writing documentation — measured weekly across engines, published as open data.
Sample: 49 AI answers · Window: May 22, 2026 – Jun 19, 2026 (4-week rolling)
| # | Product | Share | Trend | Engines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GitHub Releases github.com | 53.1% avg pos 5.6 | — | CHATGPT 61.9%CLAUDE 42.9%PERPLEXITY 47.6% | Claim |
| 2 | Mintlify mintlify.com | 32.7% avg pos 3.8 | — | CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 85.7%PERPLEXITY 33.3% | Claim |
| 3 | ChatGPT openai.com | 26.5% avg pos 4.9 | — | CHATGPT 33.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 23.8% | Claim |
| 4 | Opsgenie atlassian.com | 26.5% avg pos 12.5 | — | CHATGPT 42.9%PERPLEXITY 19% | Claim |
| 5 | Sphinx | 24.5% avg pos 4.8 | — | CHATGPT 57.1% | Claim |
| 6 | Notion notion.so | 22.4% avg pos 10.6 | — | CHATGPT 38.1%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 7 | ReadMe readme.com | 20.4% avg pos 6.3 | — | CHATGPT 19%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 19% | Claim |
| 8 | Document360 | 20.4% avg pos 8.3 | — | CHATGPT 9.5%CLAUDE 42.9%PERPLEXITY 23.8% | Claim |
| 9 | Docusaurus | 18.4% avg pos 3.7 | — | CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 23.8% | Claim |
| 10 | Doxygen doxygen.nl | 18.4% avg pos 5.1 | — | CHATGPT 42.9% | Claim |
| 11 | GitBook gitbook.com | 18.4% avg pos 8.3 | — | CHATGPT 19%CLAUDE 42.9%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 12 | MkDocs mkdocs.org | 16.3% avg pos 2.9 | — | CHATGPT 28.6%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 13 | DocuWriter.ai docuwriter.ai | 12.2% avg pos 3 | — | CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 14 | Swimm swimm.io | 12.2% avg pos 3 | — | CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 42.9% | Claim |
| 15 | Swagger/OpenAPI swagger.io | 10.2% avg pos 8 | — | CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 16 | ReadTheDocs readthedocs.org | 10.2% avg pos 10.4 | — | CHATGPT 19%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 17 | DocFX dotnet.github.io | 10.2% avg pos 11.5 | — | CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 18 | Fern buildwithfern.com | 8.2% avg pos 2 | — | CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 19 | AI README Generator marketplace.visualstudio.com | 8.2% avg pos 2.3 | — | CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 20 | Read the Docs | 8.2% avg pos 4.3 | — | CHATGPT 9.5%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 21 | Grammarly grammarly.com | 8.2% avg pos 10.3 | — | CHATGPT 4.8%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 22 | Typora typora.io | 8.2% avg pos 19 | — | CHATGPT 19% | Claim |
| 23 | Apidog apidog.com | 8.2% | — | CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 24 | TeamCity jetbrains.com | 6.1% avg pos 1.5 | — | CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 25 | Cursor cursor.sh | 6.1% avg pos 1.7 | — | PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 26 | Readme.so readme.so | 6.1% avg pos 2.7 | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 27 | ReadmeCodeGen readmecodegen.com | 6.1% avg pos 3 | — | CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 28 | Treblle treblle.com | 6.1% avg pos 3 | — | PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 29 | NotebookLM notebooklm.google.com | 6.1% avg pos 3.7 | — | PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 30 | DeepL Write deepl.com | 6.1% avg pos 4.3 | — | PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 31 | Slate slatedocs.com | 6.1% avg pos 11.5 | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 32 | Fern Docs | 4.1% avg pos 1 | — | CLAUDE 28.6% | Claim |
| 33 | ReadmeAI | 4.1% avg pos 1 | — | CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 34 | JSDoc | 4.1% avg pos 1.5 | — | CHATGPT 9.5% | Claim |
| 35 | Javadoc | 4.1% avg pos 1.5 | — | CHATGPT 9.5% | Claim |
| 36 | DocGen | 4.1% avg pos 2 | — | CHATGPT 9.5% | Claim |
| 37 | VS Code code.visualstudio.com | 4.1% avg pos 2 | — | CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 38 | Anthropic Claude API anthropic.com | 4.1% avg pos 2.5 | — | CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 39 | Google Docs google.com | 4.1% avg pos 3 | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 40 | Qodo | 4.1% avg pos 4.5 | — | CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 41 | Swagger UI | 4.1% avg pos 5 | — | CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 42 | Bump.sh bump.sh | 4.1% avg pos 6 | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 43 | ClickHelp clickhelp.com | 4.1% avg pos 6 | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 44 | Redoc redoc.ly | 4.1% avg pos 6 | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 45 | Stoplight Studio | 4.1% avg pos 6 | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 46 | Asciidoctor asciidoctor.org | 4.1% avg pos 8.5 | — | CHATGPT 9.5% | Claim |
| 47 | JetBrains AI Assistant | 4.1% avg pos 11 | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 48 | OpenAPI | 4.1% avg pos 11 | — | CHATGPT 4.8%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 49 | Tabnine tabnine.com | 4.1% avg pos 11 | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 50 | Windsurf | 4.1% avg pos 11 | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 51 | Obsidian obsidian.md | 4.1% avg pos 14.5 | — | CHATGPT 9.5% | Claim |
| 52 | Scribe | 4.1% avg pos 16 | — | CHATGPT 9.5% | Claim |
| 53 | Hugo | 4.1% avg pos 25 | — | CHATGPT 9.5% | Claim |
| 54 | AutoDoc fulminoussoftware.com | 4.1% | — | CHATGPT 9.5% | Claim |
| 55 | AutomaDocs automadocs.com | 4.1% | — | CHATGPT 9.5% | Claim |
| 56 | Claude claude.ai | 2% avg pos 1 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 57 | Perplexity AI perplexity.ai | 2% avg pos 1 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 58 | ReadmeAI / readme-ai | 2% avg pos 1 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 59 | Context7 | 2% avg pos 2 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 60 | Docker docker.com | 2% avg pos 2 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 61 | Ferndesk ferndesk.com | 2% avg pos 2 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 62 | Readme.io readme.io | 2% avg pos 2 | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 63 | Alfred | 2% avg pos 3 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 64 | Make a README | 2% avg pos 3 | — | CHATGPT 4.8% | Claim |
| 65 | Augment Code augmentcode.com | 2% avg pos 4 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 66 | GitRead gitread.dev | 2% avg pos 4 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 67 | Syntha.ai syntha.ai | 2% avg pos 4 | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 68 | Antora | 2% avg pos 5 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 69 | IBM API Connect ibm.com | 2% avg pos 5 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 70 | Kapa | 2% avg pos 5 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 71 | Open WebUI | 2% avg pos 5 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 72 | Git | 2% avg pos 6 | — | CHATGPT 4.8% | Claim |
| 73 | Markdownify | 2% avg pos 6 | — | CHATGPT 4.8% | Claim |
| 74 | Swagger | 2% avg pos 6 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 75 | Taskade taskade.com | 2% avg pos 6 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 76 | Fathom Video fathom.video | 2% avg pos 7 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 77 | Postman postman.com | 2% avg pos 7 | — | CHATGPT 4.8% | Claim |
| 78 | RapiDoc | 2% avg pos 7 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 79 | WriteAssist | 2% avg pos 7 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 80 | NoteGPT | 2% avg pos 8 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 81 | Tango AI | 2% avg pos 8 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 82 | AsciiDoc | 2% avg pos 9 | — | CHATGPT 4.8% | Claim |
| 83 | DevDocsAI | 2% avg pos 9 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 84 | GPT | 2% avg pos 9 | — | CHATGPT 4.8% | Claim |
| 85 | TypeDoc typedoc.org | 2% avg pos 9 | — | CHATGPT 4.8% | Claim |
| 86 | Aider aider.chat | 2% avg pos 10 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 87 | Cline | 2% avg pos 10 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 88 | Codeium codeium.com | 2% avg pos 10 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 89 | Manuscript | 2% avg pos 10 | — | CHATGPT 4.8% | Claim |
| 90 | Nodoc | 2% avg pos 10 | — | CHATGPT 4.8% | Claim |
| 91 | Workik | 2% avg pos 10 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 92 | CodeSee | 2% avg pos 11 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 93 | OpenAI Codex | 2% avg pos 11 | — | CHATGPT 4.8% | Claim |
| 94 | GitLab gitlab.com | 2% avg pos 12 | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 95 | Markdown AI | 2% avg pos 13 | — | CHATGPT 4.8% | Claim |
| 96 | SonarQube | 2% avg pos 13 | — | CHATGPT 4.8% | Claim |
| 97 | npm npmjs.com | 2% avg pos 13 | — | CHATGPT 4.8% | Claim |
| 98 | NLTK nltk.org | 2% avg pos 14 | — | CHATGPT 4.8% | Claim |
| 99 | spaCy spacy.io | 2% avg pos 14 | — | CHATGPT 4.8% | Claim |
| 100 | Dialogflow dialogflow.cloud.google.com | 2% avg pos 16 | — | CHATGPT 4.8% | Claim |
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