---
title: "Tooling"
source: Markdown ADR (MADR)
source_url: https://github.com/adr/madr
licence: MIT
domain: engineering
subdomain: madr
date_added: 2026-04-25
---

# Tooling

This page lists tooling for MADR.

| Name | MADR Version | Comment |
| -- | -- | -- |
| [adr-log](https://github.com/adr/adr-log?tab=readme-ov-file#adr-log-) | 2.1.2 | CLI to keep an `index.md` file updated with all ADRs |
| [ADR Manager](https://adr.github.io/adr-manager/) | 2.1.2 | Web-based UI connecting to GitHub to directly edit ADRs in a form-based way |
| [eADR](https://github.com/adr/e-adr) | 1.0.0 | Embed decisions in Java code as annotations (`@MADR(...)`) |
| [Hugo Markdown ADR Tools](https://github.com/butonic/adr-tools) | 2.1.2. | CLI to create and update ADRs |
| [Log4brains](https://github.com/thomvaill/log4brains) | 2.1.2 without numbers in the filename | Supports both nice rendering of ADRs and creation of ADRs in a command line. |
| [pyadr](https://github.com/opinionated-digital-center/pyadr) | 2.1.2 | CLI to help with an ADR process lifecycle (proposal/acceptance/rejection/deprecation/superseding) |
