Self-Hosted Read The Docs Alternatives

Read The Docs is not available as a self-hosted solution but there are plenty of alternatives for power users and business that want to host a solution on-premise. The best Self-Hosted alternative is DevDocs, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Read The Docs and 17 are available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Self-Hosted alternatives to Read The Docs are Wiki.js, Quartz – Static Site Generator, Archivy and MkDocs.

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  1. DevDocs icon
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    Offers a single interface for accessing numerous developer documentations with instant fuzzy search, offline functionality, multi-version support, ad-free experience, mobile optimization, dark mode, keyboard shortcuts, and open-source licensing, for convenient reference.

    13 DevDocs alternatives

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  2. Wiki.js icon
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    Write your content in the widely used and simple Markdown format, using the built-in visual editor. Unlike other wiki software that save content in a database with a difficult to extract format, Wiki.js saves all your content directly into Markdown (.

    80 Wiki.js alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
  3. Quartz is a set of tools that helps you publish your digital garden and notes as a website for free. Quartz v4 features a from-the-ground rewrite focusing on end-user extensibility and ease-of-use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
    • npm
     
  4. Archivy icon
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    A self-hosted knowledge repository that allows you to safely preserve useful content that contributes to your own personal, searchable and extensible wiki.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Docker
     
  5. MkDocs icon
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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.

    74 MkDocs alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
  6. Sphinx icon
     26 likes

    Sphinx is a tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation, written by Georg Brandl and licensed under the BSD license.

    52 Sphinx alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Python
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  7. ButterflyVu icon
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    Lightweight, performance-first, easy to setup documentation website.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  8. Retype icon
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    A documentation generator that builds HTML output based on Markdown files. Supports Markdown specs and offers a wide set of custom components using Markdown-like syntax. Builds Reference Source documentation for .NET projects (more added soon).

    55 Retype alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. Daux.io icon
     16 likes

    Daux.io is a documentation generator that uses a simple folder structure and Markdown files to create custom documentation on the fly. It helps you create great looking documentation in a developer friendly way.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  10. Documize icon
     19 likes

    Documize creates the Enterprise Knowledge Backbone by unifying docs, wiki, reporting and dashboards — composition + coordination + discovery + distribution + workflows = faster business outcomes

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
  11. owl is a minimalistic and very fast web application that allows you to organize a simple knowledge base from Markdown files.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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