# DocFX

Documentation site generator for markdown pages, .NET API reference and REST API reference.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/docfx/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-23
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-23

## Record

### Links

- home: https://dotnet.github.io/docfx/
- repository: https://github.com/dotnet/docfx
- docs: https://dotnet.github.io/docfx/
- forum: https://github.com/dotnet/docfx/discussions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: .NET Foundation
- maintainerType: foundation
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2015
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: csharp
- runtime: dotnet
- runtimeMin: dotnet 8.0
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, local
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: dotnet tool

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-25

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 4443
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 255
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 18
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://dotnet.github.io/docfx/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/dotnet/docfx (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://dotnet.github.io/docfx/ (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://dotnet.github.io/docfx/ (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/dotnet/docfx (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://github.com/dotnet/docfx/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://dotnet.github.io/docfx/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runtimeMin: https://dotnet.github.io/docfx/ (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/dotnet/docfx/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://dotnet.github.io/docfx/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://dotnet.github.io/docfx/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://dotnet.github.io/docfx/ (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/dotnet/docfx (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/docfx/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/docfx/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/dotnet/docfx/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/dotnet/docfx/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/dotnet/docfx/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/dotnet/docfx (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/dotnet/docfx/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

DocFX builds documentation websites from markdown pages, .NET API reference and REST API reference files. A project is created and built with the docfx command, and the build can start a local preview server. The output is static HTML files that can be published to any static site hosting server, and the [quick start](https://dotnet.github.io/docfx/) shows publishing to GitHub Pages.

The project moved to the .NET Foundation after Microsoft Learn stopped using it. It runs on the .NET SDK and is installed as a global .NET tool.

## Worth knowing

The README says the project is not released on a regular cadence and is planned to continue as a community-driven project.

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