# squidfunk/mkdocs-material

Documentation that simply works

Repository: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mkdocs-material
Homepage: https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: mkdocs, theme, documentation, material-design, framework, plugins
Last push: 2026-08-09T08:59:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 93, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3870, "days_push": 24, "days_rel": 47, "gap_med": 7, "n_releases_24m": 48}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 27336, forks 4137 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:47.667031+00:00)

## What it is
Material for MkDocs is a powerful documentation framework and theme on top of MkDocs that turns Markdown files into a professional, searchable static site. It requires no HTML, CSS, or JavaScript knowledge and is highly customizable, responsive, and available in 60+ languages.

## Use cases
- build project documentation from markdown files
- create a searchable static docs site for an open source project
- generate internal company documentation sites
- publish a technical blog or knowledge base with mkdocs
- host self-owned documentation without third-party platforms
- make responsive documentation that works on mobile

## When to choose
- you want to write docs in plain Markdown without touching HTML/CSS/JS
- you need built-in fast client-side search with zero setup
- you want a mature, actively maintained theme trusted by tens of thousands of projects
- you need full ownership of your documentation sources and output
- you need multilingual, responsive documentation out of the box

## When to avoid
- you need a dynamic, server-rendered application rather than a static site
- you want a fully custom visual design from scratch rather than a Material-style theme
- your docs require heavy server-side processing or a CMS backend
- you need a non-Python static site toolchain

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: stable
- function: documentation, static-site-generator, search-engine, templating, theme
- domain: documentation, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: python, cli
- tags: mkdocs, material-design, markdown, static-site, docs-as-code, responsive-design, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- squidfunk/mkdocs-material (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:47.667031+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 2026-08-29T16:54:33.175853+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:47.667031+00:00, sha d41ad341105d)
  - homepage: https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/ (fetched 2026-08-29T07:51:38.695458+00:00, sha 0d2a9d52b225)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.