# vtksys documentation

**URL:** <https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtksys-documentation/2912>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [March 30, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtksys-documentation/2912 "2020-03-30T02:53:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/mwestphal/32/19_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtksys-documentation/2912/1 "2020-03-30T02:53:03Z")

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I do not seem to be able to find the documentation for vtksys.

Does it live somewhere ? @ben.boeckel @brad.king

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**Author:** ![brad.king](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/brad.king/32/34_2.png) [@brad.king](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/brad.king)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtksys-documentation/2912/2 "2020-03-30T12:16:52Z")

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`vtksys` is VTK’s deployment of [KWSys](https://gitlab.kitware.com/utils/kwsys/). KWSys itself is meant to be configured into a per-project namespace and with a project-specific set of features, so it doesn’t publish its own documentation. I don’t think VTK publishes `vtksys` documentation anywhere, but one can see it in the individual header files.

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**Author:** ![mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/mwestphal/32/19_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtksys-documentation/2912/3 "2020-03-30T12:41:30Z")

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Indeed, it would be nice to have access to a dedicated KWSys doc or to integrate in VTK doc somehow.  
Should I open an issue in KWSys or in VTK ?

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**Author:** ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/ben.boeckel)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtksys-documentation/2912/4 "2020-03-30T18:45:50Z")

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Getting the VTK Doxygen to see it would probably be sufficient. I think `Utilities` might have an exclusion over the whole directory right now.

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**Author:** ![mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/mwestphal/32/19_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtksys-documentation/2912/5 "2020-03-31T01:40:18Z")

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[https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/issues/17823](https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/issues/17823)