# docsify

JavaScript library that loads and renders Markdown files as a documentation website in the browser, with no build step.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/docsify/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-21
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-21

## Record

### Links

- home: https://docsify.js.org
- repository: https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify
- docs: https://docsify.js.org/#/quickstart
- discord: https://discord.gg/3NwKFyR

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Docsify Contributors
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: javascript
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, browser
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: script tag from a CDN, with docsify-cli for scaffolding and preview

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 5
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-07-23

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 31553
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 40625
- contributors: 207
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 54
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 2469
- dependentPackages: 210

### Sources

- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docsifyjs/docsify/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/docsifyjs/docsify (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/blob/develop/docs/quickstart.md (read 2026-10-21)
- maintainer: https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/blob/develop/LICENSE (read 2026-10-21)
- category: https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/blob/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/docsifyjs/docsify (read 2026-10-21)
- license: https://registry.npmjs.org/docsify/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/blob/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- installMethod: https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/blob/develop/docs/quickstart.md (read 2026-10-21)
- runsAs: https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/blob/develop/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- runsAs: https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/blob/develop/docs/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/docsify/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- latestReleaseDate: https://registry.npmjs.org/docsify (read 2026-10-21)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/docsify (read 2026-10-21)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/docsifyjs/docsify (read 2026-10-21)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/docsifyjs/docsify/contributors?anon=true&per_page=100 (read 2026-10-21)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/docsify (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/docsify (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

docsify fetches Markdown files and renders them as a documentation site inside the reader's browser, so a project has no HTML build output. A site is an `index.html` that loads docsify from a CDN, and `docsify-cli` scaffolds and previews one. The README lists "No statically built HTML files" among its features. The [quick start](https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/blob/develop/docs/quickstart.md) covers both setups.

## Worth knowing

The README describes serving a site from a static web server or GitHub Pages. The configuration docs say hash-based routing suits statically deployed sites.

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