Read the Docs
Hosted platform that builds, versions and publishes documentation from Git repositories, including Sphinx and MkDocs projects.
about.readthedocs.com/repositorydocspricing
Read the Docs is a hosted platform that builds documentation from a Git repository and publishes it. Its source code is public under the MIT license, but the install guide in that repository describes a Docker Compose development setup and says it is not meant for deploying a production instance. The REST API is documented at the platform docs, and a project can publish its documentation in more than one language.
Worth knowing
The free Community site is for open-source projects, and the paid plans are listed on the pricing page. Single sign-on comes with GitHub and GitLab on the Basic and Advanced plans, with Google on Pro, and with SAML on Enterprise plans. The privacy policy says data is stored and processed in the United States.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
- Install with
- git clone and Docker Compose, through invoke commands (development setup)8
Releases
- Last release
- 2026-10-216
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-23: links
about.readthedocs.com/ - 2026-10-23: links, Written in, Runtime, License, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/readthedocs/readthedocs.org - 2026-10-23: links
docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/ - 2026-10-23: Maintainer
about.readthedocs.com/terms-of-service/ - 2026-10-23: First release
about.readthedocs.com/company/ - 2026-10-23: Last release
api.github.com/repos/readthedocs/readthedocs.org/releases/latest - 2026-10-23: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/readthedocs/readthedocs.org/contributors - 2026-10-23: Install with
github.com/readthedocs/readthedocs.org/blob/main/docs/dev/install.rst - 2026-10-23: links
about.readthedocs.com/pricing/ - 2026-10-23: Content API
docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/api/v3.html - 2026-10-23: Multilingual
docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/localization.html