# Docus

Nuxt theme and CLI that builds documentation sites from Markdown files.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://docus.dev
- repository: https://github.com/nuxt-content/docus
- docs: https://docus.dev/en/getting-started/installation

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: NuxtLabs
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2020
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: vue
- i18n: true

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: npm create

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 5
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-14

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 3116
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 10066
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 32
- dependentPackages: 11

### Sources

- urls: https://docus.dev (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/nuxt-content/docus (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://docus.dev/en/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-21)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/docus (read 2026-10-21)
- maintainer: https://github.com/nuxt-content/docus/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-21)
- category: https://docus.dev (read 2026-10-21)
- basedOn: https://docus.dev/en/concepts/nuxt (read 2026-10-21)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/nuxt-content/docus (read 2026-10-21)
- contentStore: https://github.com/nuxt-content/docus (read 2026-10-21)
- templating: https://docus.dev (read 2026-10-21)
- i18n: https://docus.dev (read 2026-10-21)
- installMethod: https://docus.dev/en/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-21)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/nuxt-content/docus (read 2026-10-21)
- license: https://github.com/nuxt-content/docus (read 2026-10-21)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/docus/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/nuxt-content/docus/releases/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/nuxt-content/docus (read 2026-10-21)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/docus (read 2026-10-21)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/docus (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/docus (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Docus is a documentation theme for Nuxt that builds a documentation site from Markdown files in a content folder. A project is created with the `create-docus` command and can extend the Docus layer in its Nuxt configuration. Pages can embed Vue components through MDC syntax, and the site supports several languages. The [installation guide](https://docus.dev/en/getting-started/installation) describes the setup.

The project is maintained by NuxtLabs and published under the MIT license. Its [repository](https://github.com/nuxt-content/docus) holds the CLI, the layer and the documentation site as separate packages. Nuxt Studio, a separate editor for Nuxt Content sites, is not part of Docus.

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