Ask HN: Best way to make a documentation website for an open-source project?

3•mudge•2h ago

I am looking for some good options to create a documentation website for an open source project. I am looking for something that is free or very inexpensive and that is very easy to use and setup. It could be a tool, service or hosting platform. I am not a web developer but I know markdown.

Do you know of some good options?

Comments

djdjsjejb•1h ago

imo gitbook.com seems to be the easiest for nondevs

nacozarina•1h ago

spin up a mediawiki container

moomoo11•18m ago

What’s the complexity of your project? If you’re not a developer and it’s a simple project, I’d say do notion pages.

If devs like it I’m sure they will contribute to make a legit docs site for it.

Good way to start imo that has zero friction (for you) and I wouldn’t personally mind it since you get public URL’s.

Or use Codex or CC to make a markdown site hosted on GitHub io

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