# docsify

🃏 A magical documentation site generator.

Repository: https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/docsify
Homepage: https://docsify.js.org
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: documentation, documentation-tool, github-pages, docs, docsify, vue, doc, markdown
Last push: 2026-08-26T04:32:57+00:00
Link (homepage): https://docsify.js.org

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 62, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3573, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 41, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 31477, forks 5795 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:56.923519+00:00)

## What it is
Docsify is a documentation site generator that turns Markdown files into a website at runtime, with no static HTML build step. It is lightweight, themeable, and extensible via a plugin API, and deploys easily to GitHub Pages or any static server.

## Use cases
- generate a documentation website from markdown files
- host project docs on github pages without a build step
- add full-text search to a markdown docs site
- create a lightweight wiki or knowledge base
- set up a quickstart guide site for an open-source project

## When to choose
- you want docs from markdown with zero build process
- you want simple, lightweight docs hosting on GitHub Pages or a static server
- you need a plugin API and multiple themes for your docs site

## When to avoid
- you need SEO-friendly pre-rendered static HTML pages
- you need a full static site generator with complex templating or data pipelines
- you require offline-first or heavily customized build-time processing

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: documentation, static-site-generator, markdown, search-engine, plugin-system
- domain: documentation, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: browser
- tags: docs-site, no-build, github-pages, vue, runtime-rendering, open-source, web-server, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- docsifyjs/docsify (main) score 86
- docsifyjs/awesome-docsify (docs) score 70

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:56.923519+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:52:16.504738+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:56.923519+00:00, sha c4acddc63f53)
  - homepage: https://docsify.js.org (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:53.348610+00:00, sha 7d9954d1da7d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.