# slatedocs/slate

Beautiful static documentation for your API

Repository: https://github.com/slatedocs/slate
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/slate
Homepage: https://slatedocs.github.io/slate
License Family: other
Topics: slate, api-documentation, api, static-site-generator
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-02-01T05:54:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 65, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4737, "days_push": 213, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 36037, forks 362 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:00.954799+00:00)

## What it is
Slate is a static documentation generator that produces beautiful, three-column API documentation sites from Markdown files. Originally built with Middleman (Ruby), it was widely adopted but has since been removed from GitHub and exists only as a read-only archive.

## Use cases
- generate static API documentation from markdown
- publish beautiful three-column API reference docs
- self-host API docs for a REST API
- document an API without running a server
- migrate legacy Slate-based API docs to another tool

## When to avoid
- starting a new API documentation project, since the project is abandoned and no longer developed on GitHub
- you need active maintenance, security updates, or community support
- you prefer a tool with an active ecosystem like Docusaurus, Redoc, or Stoplight

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: api-documentation, static-site-generator, documentation, markdown
- domain: documentation, apis, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: ruby, cli
- tags: api-docs, middleman, read-only-archive, removed-from-github, web-server

## Member repositories
- slatedocs/slate (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:00.954799+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 2026-08-30T08:09:35.124159+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/slatedocs/slate (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:00.954799+00:00, sha 8d1384e66707)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.