docsify
JavaScript library that loads and renders Markdown files as a documentation website in the browser, with no build step.
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 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.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- Static files, In the browser57
- Install with
- script tag from a CDN, with docsify-cli for scaffolding and preview3
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-21: links
raw.githubusercontent.com/docsifyjs/docsify/develop/README.md - 2026-10-21: links, Written in, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/docsifyjs/docsify - 2026-10-21: links, Install with
github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/blob/develop/docs/quickstart.md - 2026-10-21: Maintainer
github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/blob/develop/LICENSE - 2026-10-21: Categories, License model, Runs as
github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/blob/develop/README.md - 2026-10-21: License, Current major version
registry.npmjs.org/docsify/latest - 2026-10-21: Runs as
github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/blob/develop/docs/README.md - 2026-10-21: Last release
registry.npmjs.org/docsify - 2026-10-21: npm downloads a week
api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/docsify - 2026-10-21: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/docsifyjs/docsify/contributors?anon=true&per_page=100 - 2026-10-25: Sites using it (HTTP Archive)
cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies - 2026-10-25: Dependent repositories, Dependent packages
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/docsify