# Doctave

Documentation site generator that converts Markdown files into a developer documentation site, distributed as a Rust binary.

STUB. This software has no release or pre-release in four years, or its project site no longer shows it, so it is not part of the register, not counted and not indexed. It will be checked again.

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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://cli.doctave.com
- repository: https://github.com/Doctave/doctave
- docs: https://cli.doctave.com

### Identity

- status: stub
- maintainer: Doctave
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2020
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: rust
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, local
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: binary download

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2022-04-02

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 670
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 3
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://cli.doctave.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/Doctave/doctave (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://cli.doctave.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/Doctave/doctave (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://cli.doctave.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://cli.doctave.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://cli.doctave.com/deployment (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/Doctave/doctave (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://cli.doctave.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/Doctave/doctave/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/Doctave/doctave/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/Doctave/doctave/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/Doctave/doctave (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/Doctave/doctave/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://github.com/Doctave/doctave/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://cli.doctave.com/installing (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://cli.doctave.com/installing (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://cli.doctave.com/installing (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://cli.doctave.com/deployment (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://github.com/Doctave/doctave/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

Doctave is a command-line tool that converts a folder of Markdown files into a documentation site. It is written in Rust and distributed as a single binary, installed from precompiled downloads, through Homebrew, or with Cargo from the GitHub repository. `doctave serve` previews the site locally, and `doctave build --release` writes it as a static bundle into the `site` directory.

The open source tool is built and maintained by Doctave.com.

## Worth knowing

The README says Doctave is not a generic static site generator and only generates documentation sites from Markdown. The [deployment guide](https://cli.doctave.com/deployment) walks through publishing on GitHub Pages.

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