How to Install and Use MkDocs: A Beginner's Guide

1. MkDocs

   1 125 20,682 6.8 Python

   Project documentation with Markdown.

   

   # Welcome to MkDocs For full documentation visit [mkdocs.org](https://www.mkdocs.org). ## Commands * `mkdocs new [dir-name]` - Create a new project. * `mkdocs serve` - Start the live-reloading docs server. * `mkdocs build` - Build the documentation site. * `mkdocs -h` - Print help message and exit. ## Project layout mkdocs.yml # The configuration file. docs/ index.md # The documentation homepage. ... # Other markdown pages, images and other files.

2. Stream

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3. mkdocs-material

   2 102 23,800 9.5 Python

   Documentation that simply works

   

   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:

4. Read the Docs

   3 36 8,205 9.8 Python

   The source code that powers readthedocs.org

   

   Read the Docs is a very popular free hosting platform specifically for documentation. It integrates directly with Git repositories (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket).

5. pymdown-extensions

   4 2 1,034 8.6 Python

   Extensions for Python Markdown

   

   pymdownx.*: The PyMdown Extensions suite provides many powerful additions like better code highlighting (SuperFences), task lists, emoji support, progress bars, and much more. You'd install pymdown-extensions via pip.

6. sandbox

   5 125 0 8.9 Ruby

   

   Ensuring that the mkdocs serve command correctly mimics the subdirectory structure if your site is hosted in one (e.g., if site_url: https://example.com/docs/, then mkdocs serve will serve pages from http://127.0.0.1:8000/docs/). If you are only viewing files locally with file:// (not recommended for full functionality), you might set this to an empty string "".

7. InfluxDB

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   InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

   

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