# egoist/docute

📚 Effortless documentation, done right.

Repository: https://github.com/egoist/docute
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/docute
Homepage: https://docute.egoist.dev
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: documentation, gitbook, docute, pr-welcome, documentation-tool, vue
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-09-25T09:19:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3555, "days_push": 1073, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3809, forks 415 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:20.543725+00:00)

## What it is
Docute is a JavaScript library for building documentation websites on the fly with Markdown and Vue, requiring no build process. It offers a clean documentation-focused UI and an extensible plugin system.

## Use cases
- create a documentation website for my open-source project
- serve markdown docs without a build step
- gitbook alternative for project docs
- build a docs site with vue
- host api documentation from markdown files

## When to choose
- you want instant docs with zero build process
- you prefer markdown-based docs with a vue-powered runtime
- you need a lightweight gitbook alternative

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained tooling with guaranteed fixes
- you require static pre-rendered output for SEO
- you need a full static site generator with theming and i18n

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, static-site-generator, markdown, plugin-system
- domain: documentation, web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: docs-site, vue, no-build, gitbook-alternative, markdown-documentation, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- egoist/docute (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:20.543725+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 2026-08-29T18:26:38.439951+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/egoist/docute (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:20.543725+00:00, sha 9ce2ccc5bfe2)
  - homepage: https://docute.egoist.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T09:21:42.409504+00:00, sha 943d2b3a0a3e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.