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freeCodeCamp/devdocs

API Documentation Browser observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/freeCodeCamp/devdocs · homepage · Ruby · MPL-2.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

77/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4696
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

39378 stars · 2630 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

DevDocs is an API documentation browser that combines multiple developer documentations into a single clean web UI with instant search, offline support, and keyboard shortcuts. It consists of a Ruby scraper that generates documentation and a JavaScript/Sinatra app, runnable locally via Docker or used hosted at devdocs.io.

Use cases

  • browse API docs for multiple languages offline
  • search across all developer documentation instantly
  • self-host a local documentation browser with Docker
  • read docs on mobile with a PWA
  • look up HTML, CSS, and other docs without internet

When to choose

  • you want one unified interface for many API documentations
  • you need offline access to docs
  • you want fast keyboard-driven doc search

When to avoid

  • you need deep, full-text search within a single project's private docs
  • you want an IDE-integrated documentation plugin

Facets

application · maturity active

documentation search-engine web-scraping developer-tools documentation developer-tools web-development self-hosted browser ruby api-documentation offline-docs pwa docs-browser instant-search web-server docker nodejs

4 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
freeCodeCamp/devdocsmain77

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="freeCodeCamp/devdocs")

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