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Docsify.js

docsify generates your documentation website on the fly. Unlike GitBook, it does not generate static html files. Instead, it smartly loads and parses your Markdown files and displays them as website. All you need to do is create an index.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source (MIT)

Application type

Platforms

  • Self-Hosted
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Features

  1.  Support for MarkDown
  2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  3.  Client-side
  4.  Static Site Generator

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Top Positive Comment
Alexandre ZANNI
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100% static, no generation needed, the JS dynamically render the Markdown in the browser, so you can host it with Gitlab pages (or github pages) without even needing to configure a CI.

estellegaits
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Amazingly simple to use and (of course) very well documented !

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Guest
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clean, javascript based, lightweight and soo many plugins

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What is Docsify.js?

docsify generates your documentation website on the fly. Unlike GitBook, it does not generate static html files. Instead, it smartly loads and parses your Markdown files and displays them as website. All you need to do is create an index.html to start and deploy it on GitHub Pages.

See the Quick start for more details. Features

  • No statically built html files
  • Simple and lightweight (~19kB gzipped)
  • Smart full-text search plugin
  • Multiple themes
  • Useful plugin API
  • Emoji support
  • Compatible with IE10+
  • Support SSR (example)

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GitHub repository

  •  31,520 Stars
  •  5,790 Forks
  •  93 Open Issues
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Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about Docsify.js, and it has gotten 16 likes

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