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MkDocs

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MkDocs is static site generator that's geared towards building project documentation. Documentation source files are written in Markdown, and configured with a single YAML configuration file.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Country of Origin

  • GB flagUnited Kingdom

Platforms

  • Self-Hosted
  • Python
3.6 / 5 Avg rating (5)
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Properties

  1.  Support for Themes
  2.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  2.  Static Site Generator
  3.  Support for MarkDown
  4.  Works Offline
  5.  Ad-free

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MkDocs information

  • Developed by

    GB flagTom Christie
  • Licensing

    Open Source (BSD-2-Clause) and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.6
  • Alternatives

    62 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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  •  20,621 Stars
  •  2,499 Forks
  •  115 Open Issues
  •   Updated Feb 21, 2025 
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Our users have written 4 comments and reviews about MkDocs, and it has gotten 20 likes

MkDocs was added to AlternativeTo by RemovedUser on Oct 2, 2014 and this page was last updated Sep 9, 2022.

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Top Positive Comment
Feliz
Apr 25, 2021
0

So powerful while being simple, open, extensible and based on markdown.

Top Negative Comment
Alexandre ZANNI
May 4, 2020
1

Clunky documentation tool, supports the very old original markdown syntax not CommonMark (best) or GFM (okish). So writting doc is a nightmare as you don't have autolink without a plugin, you need to have exactly 4 spaces for lists (2 doesn't work) no table support, etc.

Also the dependencies are often breaking while installing, and the maintainer is stuborn and doesn't want any new features.

[Edited by alexandrezanni, September 01]

amiroff
Feb 28, 2021

I would advice a tool I wrote, NextBook for you, literally one-click deployment. http://next-book.vercel.app/

Alexandre ZANNI
May 5, 2021

Yay I tried it and it's a lot better.

wlmg
Feb 22, 2021
1

I like mkdocs because its so easy to set up. However, if you're planning to use versioning — you'll have quite a bit of trouble as there is no native support for it and the extensions available are still in the 'workaround' state

luarocks
Apr 22, 2020
-2

Perfect online-wiki tool. Support all features that I can only wish as extensions.

What is MkDocs?

MkDocs is static site generator that's geared towards building project documentation. Documentation source files are written in Markdown, and configured with a single YAML configuration file.

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