magicbook
The magic book project returns! (by magicbookproject)
mkdocs-material
Documentation that simply works (by squidfunk)
| magicbook | mkdocs-material | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 106 | |
| 1,178 | 26,876 | |
| 0.3% | 1.0% | |
| 4.8 | 9.2 | |
| over 2 years ago | 25 days ago | |
| JavaScript | Python | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
magicbook
Posts with mentions or reviews of magicbook.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-05-17.
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Ask HN: Best way for a Markdown based blog and eBook?
I've been curious about "Magic Book" for Markdown/HTML and PDF. (EPUB and MOBI on the roadmap.)
> The Magic Book Project is an open source project funded by New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program. It aims to be the best free tool for creating print and digital books from a single source.
https://github.com/magicbookproject/magicbook
I learned about it because it's used for The Nature of Code 2nd Edition.
https://github.com/nature-of-code/noc-book-2
- Create interactive books for the web and PDF export support
mkdocs-material
Posts with mentions or reviews of mkdocs-material.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-10-29.
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Automating Multilingual Content for Odoo 18: Our Headless CMS Pipeline with GPT-5.4
Local preview via MkDocs Material before anything goes live
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50+ Developer Documentation Tools That Will Transform Your Workflow in 2025
MkDocs Python-powered static site generator. Fast, simple, and extensible. MkDocs Material theme makes it beautiful out of the box.
- pdoc.dev
- MkDocs – Update on our foundational work
- Write documentation in Markdown and create a professional static site in minutes
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How to Install and Use MkDocs: A Beginner's Guide
You can also use numerous excellent third-party themes. One of the most popular is Material for MkDocs. To use a third-party theme, you first need to install it (usually via pip, e.g., pip install mkdocs-material). Then, you specify its name:
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Observables & Chill: Getting Started with RxJS
MkDocs-Material
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How This SCSS Project Stays Organized Starting from a Map
In this blog, I’ll explore how Sass maps are used in MkDocs’ Material theme—specifically, in its mixins—and how they contribute to the flexibility and scalability of the design system. Let’s dive in!
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Automated Markdown Testing: Two Options
I write and host the tutorials as Markdown using the mkdocs material theme.
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Run CUDA, Unmodified, on AMD GPUs
Actually, we use mkdocs and the excellent material for mkdocs theme: https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/
What are some alternatives?
When comparing magicbook and mkdocs-material you can also consider the following projects:
noc-book-2 - Repository for The Nature of Code book with p5.js
MkDocs - Project documentation with Markdown.